Name: Azoarcus toluclasticus Song et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.lu.clas.ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. toluenum, toluene (from Fr. or Sp. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu); N.L. adj. clasticus -a -um, breaking; from Gr. adj. klastos -ê -on, broken in pieces; N.L. masc. adj. toluclasticus, toluene-breaking

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700605; MF63

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF123077 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Song B, Haggblom MM, Zhou J, Tiedje JM, Palleroni NJ. Taxonomic characterization of denitrifying bacteria that degrade aromatic compounds and description of Azoarcus toluvorans sp. nov. and Azoarcus toluclasticus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1129-1140.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aromatoleum toluclasticum" (Song et al. 1999) Rabus et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.09488 (N = 8).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993

Assigned by: Song B, Haggblom MM, Zhou J, Tiedje JM, Palleroni NJ. Taxonomic characterization of denitrifying bacteria that degrade aromatic compounds and description of Azoarcus toluvorans sp. nov. and Azoarcus toluclasticus sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1129-1140.

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