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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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 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 Azoarcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 32 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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