Name: Aromatoleum bremense Rabus et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bre.men’se. N.L. neut. adj. bremense, indicating that samples for initial enrichments originated from Bremen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ro-mat-O-le-um bre-MEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 19017; LMG 31005; PbN1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X83532 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rabus R, Wohlbrand L, Thies D, Meyer M, Reinhold-Hurek B, Kampfer P. Aromatoleum gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Azoarcus evansii and related species, and proposal of Aromatoleum aromaticum sp. nov., Aromatoleum petrolei sp. nov., Aromatoleum bremense sp. nov., Aromatoleum toluolicum sp. nov. and Aromatoleum diolicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:982-997. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15349 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Aromatoleum Rabus et al. 2019

Assigned by: Rabus R, Wohlbrand L, Thies D, Meyer M, Reinhold-Hurek B, Kampfer P. Aromatoleum gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Azoarcus evansii and related species, and proposal of Aromatoleum aromaticum sp. nov., Aromatoleum petrolei sp. nov., Aromatoleum bremense sp. nov., Aromatoleum toluolicum sp. nov. and Aromatoleum diolicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:982-997. 🇩🇪

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