Name: Cereibacter azotoformans (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodobacter azotoformans Hiraishi et al. 1997

Etymology: a.zo.to.for’mans. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; from French masc. n. azote, nitrogen; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. masc. part. adj. azotoformans, nitrogen forming

Pronunciation, gender: a-zo-to-FOR-mans, masculine

Type strain: CIP 105439; IFO 16436; JCM 9340; KA25; NBRC 16436

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB607332 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Luteovulum azotoformans" (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Suresh et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rhodobacter azotoformans Hiraishi et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Luteovulum azotoformans (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Cereibacter Suresh et al. 2015

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 11103