Name: Brooklawnia cerclae Rainey et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cerc’lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. cerclae, of CERCLA, an arbitrary name formed from CERCLA, the acronym for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, which has mandated the clean-up of many hazardous waste sites in the USA.

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BL-34; DSM 19609; JCM 14918; LMG 23248; NRRL B-41418

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ196625 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bae HS, Moe WM, Yan J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Brooklawnia cerclae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionate-forming bacterium isolated from chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1977-1983.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brooklawnia Rainey et al. 2006. Publication: Bae HS, Moe WM, Yan J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Brooklawnia cerclae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionate-forming bacterium isolated from chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1977-1983.
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Rainey et al.) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Bae et al.).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Authorship reads Rainey, da Costa and Moe. 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: Brooklawnia Rainey et al. 2006

Assigned by: Bae HS, Moe WM, Yan J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Brooklawnia cerclae gen. nov., sp. nov., a propionate-forming bacterium isolated from chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1977-1983.

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