Name: Azoarcus buckelii Mechichi et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: buck’e.li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. buckelii, of Buckel, in honor of Professor Wolfgang Buckel, a bacterial biochemist and physiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14744; LMG 26916; U120

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16S rRNA gene: AJ315676 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mechichi T, Stackebrandt E, Gad'on N, Fuchs G. Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of bacteria degrading aromatic compounds under denitrifying conditions, and description of Thauera phenylacetica sp. nov., Thauera aminoaromaticasp. nov., and Azoarcus buckelii sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2002; 178:26-35.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aromatoleum buckelii (Mechichi et al. 2002) Rabus et al. 2019

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aromatoleum buckelii (Mechichi et al. 2002) Rabus et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Azoarcus buckelii is the correct name 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 Azoarcus.
  • According to Rules 27(3) and 30, Azoarcus buckelii Mechichi et al. 2002 is not validly published because, at the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries. According to the Judicial Opinion 81, authors or this name, or other scientists who wish to have this name validly published, should submit evidence of the deposit of the type strain in additional collections to the List Editor (either directly or via the IJSEM Editorial Office) before the next meeting of the Judicial Commission in Sapporo, Japan, in 2011. After that time, the name will be ruled not to have been validly published. If, after that deadline, the authors or other scientists wish to have this name validly published, this may be done by confirming that the name is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and either by requesting valid publication via the Validation Lists or by inclusion of the proposal in an original article in the IJSEM. The details of valid publication will then make reference to those publications. If authors or other scientists feel that an exception should be granted to Rule 30, requiring deposit of the type in two different collections in two different countries, they should contact the Editorial Office of the IJSEM. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
  • At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Azoarcus buckelii Mechichi et al. 2002 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Azoarcus buckelii Mechichi et al. 2002 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993

Assigned by: Mechichi T, Stackebrandt E, Gad'on N, Fuchs G. Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of bacteria degrading aromatic compounds under denitrifying conditions, and description of Thauera phenylacetica sp. nov., Thauera aminoaromaticasp. nov., and Azoarcus buckelii sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2002; 178:26-35.

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Record number: 773574