Name: Brachymonas denitrificans Hiraishi et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. fem. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AS-P1; CCUG 45365; DSM 15123; JCM 9216

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16S rRNA gene: D14320 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hiraishi A, Shin YK, Sugiyama J. Brachymonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic chemoorganotrophic bacterium which contains rhodoquinones, and evolutionary relationships of rhodoquinone producers to bacterial species with various quinone classes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:99-117.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brachymonas Hiraishi et al. 1995. Publication: Hiraishi A, Shin YK, Sugiyama J. Brachymonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic chemoorganotrophic bacterium which contains rhodoquinones, and evolutionary relationships of rhodoquinone producers to bacterial species with various quinone classes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:99-117.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Brachymonas Hiraishi et al. 1995

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Shin YK, Sugiyama J. Brachymonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic chemoorganotrophic bacterium which contains rhodoquinones, and evolutionary relationships of rhodoquinone producers to bacterial species with various quinone classes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:99-117.

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