Name: Aurantimonas manganoxydans corrig. Anderson et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.ga.no.xy’dans. L. neut. n. manganum, manganese; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. manganoxydans, oxidizing manganese coumpounds

Gender: 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: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aurantimonas coralicida Denner et al. 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aurantimonas manganoxidans Anderson et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Aurantimonas coralicida Denner et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, 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.
  • ❗ Aurantimonas manganoxydans 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 Aurantimonas.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.22724 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧍 In the section giving the species description (protologue), the epithet is erroneously cited as manganoxidans. Publication: 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.

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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