Name: Azoarcus evansii Anders et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’van.si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. evansii, of Evans, in honor of the late W. C. Evans, a pioneer in studies of anaerobic aromatic metabolism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 6898; KB 740; NBRC 107771

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X77679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anders HJ, Kaetzke A, Kampfer P, Ludwig W, Fuchs G. Taxonomic position of aromatic-degrading denitrifying pseudomonad strains K 172 and KB 740 and their description as new members of the genera Thauera, as Thauera aromatica sp. nov., and Azoarcus, as Azoarcus evansii sp. nov., respectively, members of the beta subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:327-333.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aromatoleum evansii (Anders et al. 1995) Rabus et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aromatoleum evansii (Anders et al. 1995) Rabus et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Azoarcus evansii 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.

Parent taxon: Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993

Assigned by: Anders HJ, Kaetzke A, Kampfer P, Ludwig W, Fuchs G. Taxonomic position of aromatic-degrading denitrifying pseudomonad strains K 172 and KB 740 and their description as new members of the genera Thauera, as Thauera aromatica sp. nov., and Azoarcus, as Azoarcus evansii sp. nov., respectively, members of the beta subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:327-333.

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Record number: 773576