Name: Aromatoleum diolicum Rabus et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.o’li.cum. N.L. neut. adj. diolicum, indicating that the organism can grow with alicyclic diols, e.g. cyclohexane-1, 2-diol

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 22Lin; DSM 15408; LMG 30750

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y13222 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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03574 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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