Name: Bowmanella pacifica corrig. Lai et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7086; LMG 24568; MCCC 1A01018; W3-3A

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU440951 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai Q, Yuan J, Wang B, Sun F, Qiao N, Zheng T, Shao Z. Bowmanella pacifica sp. nov., isolated from a pyrene-degrading consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1579-1582.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bowmanella pacificus Lai et al. 2009	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18538 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Lai et al. 2009, the etymology is erroneously cited as L. fem. adj. pacificus (sic), peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Bowmanella Jean et al. 2006

Assigned by: Lai Q, Yuan J, Wang B, Sun F, Qiao N, Zheng T, Shao Z. Bowmanella pacifica sp. nov., isolated from a pyrene-degrading consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1579-1582.

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Record number: 787957