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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Azoarcus toluvorans Song et al. 1999

Etymology: to.lu.vo.rans. N.L. n. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu, toluene [from French or Spanish]; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. toluvorans, toluene-devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700604; DSM 15124; Td21

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L33692 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

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02756 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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