Name: Aromatoleum pumilum (Fu et al. 2019) Liao et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Azoarcus pumilus Fu et al. 2019

Etymology: pu’mi.lum. L. neut. adj. pumilum, small or tiny, referring to the tiny colonies formed by this organism

Pronunciation, gender: PU-mi-lum, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 62157; MCCC 1K03430; SY39

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16S rRNA gene: KY861745 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liao H, Qu M, Hou X, Lin X, Li H, Duan CS, Tian Y. Nitrogeniibacter mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic and aerobic denitrifying betaproteobacterium and reclassification of Azoarcus pumilus as Aromatoleum pumilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4946.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudazoarcus pumilus (Fu et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudazoarcus pumilus (Fu et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Azoarcus pumilus Fu et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aromatoleum pumilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aromatoleum.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aromatoleum Rabus et al. 2019

Assigned by: Liao H, Qu M, Hou X, Lin X, Li H, Duan CS, Tian Y. Nitrogeniibacter mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic and aerobic denitrifying betaproteobacterium and reclassification of Azoarcus pumilus as Aromatoleum pumilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4946.

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Record number: 20388