Name: Aurantimonas manganoxidans Anderson et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … man-gan-o-KSI-dans, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1229; DSM 21871; SI85-9A1

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16S rRNA gene: AJ786360 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Anderson CR, Dick GJ, Chu ML, Cho JC, Davis RE, Brauer SL, Tebo BM. Aurantimonas manganoxydans, sp. nov. and Aurantimonas litoralis, sp. nov.: Mn(II) oxidizing representatives of a globally distributed clade of alpha-Proteobacteria from the order Rhizobiales. Geomicrobiol J 2009; 26:189-198. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 140. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1499-1501.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Aurantimonas manganoxydans corrig. Anderson et al. 2011

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aurantimonas coralicida Denner et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aurantimonas manganoxydans corrig. Anderson et al. 2011	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Aurantimonas coralicida Denner et al. 2003. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Sao Jose JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales (Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957. 🇧🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Aurantimonas Denner et al. 2003

Assigned by: Anderson CR, Dick GJ, Chu ML, Cho JC, Davis RE, Brauer SL, Tebo BM. Aurantimonas manganoxydans, sp. nov. and Aurantimonas litoralis, sp. nov.: Mn(II) oxidizing representatives of a globally distributed clade of alpha-Proteobacteria from the order Rhizobiales. Geomicrobiol J 2009; 26:189-198. 🇳🇿

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