Name: Brooklawnia cerclae Rainey et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cer’clae. 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.

Pronunciation, gender: KER-kla͡e, 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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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Record number: 785301