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. part. adj. azotoformans, nitrogen forming

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

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

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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