Name: Bowmanella denitrificans Jean et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. fem. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17491; BD1; DSM 19705; JCM 13378

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ343294 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jean WD, Chen JS, Lin YT, Shieh WY. Bowmanella denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from seawater from An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2463-2467.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bowmanella Jean et al. 2006. Publication: Jean WD, Chen JS, Lin YT, Shieh WY. Bowmanella denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from seawater from An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2463-2467.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Bowmanella Jean et al. 2006

Assigned by: Jean WD, Chen JS, Lin YT, Shieh WY. Bowmanella denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from seawater from An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2463-2467.

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Record number: 785590