Name: "Aromatoleum toluclasticum" (Song et al. 1999) Rabus et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Azoarcus toluclasticus Song et al. 1999

Etymology: to.lu.clas.ti.cum. N.L. n. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu, toluene. [from French or Spanish]; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -clasticus, breaking; from Gr. masc. adj. klastos, broken; N.L. neut. adj. toluclasticum, toluenebreaking

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700605; MF63

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF123077 Analyse FASTA

Original 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: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Azoarcus toluclasticus Song et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Azoarcus toluclasticus Song et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Regarded as not validly published (only one type-strain deposit [Rule 30]). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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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