Name: Citricoccus nitrophenolicus Nielsen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro.phe.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. nitrophenol (gen. nitrophenolis), nitrophenol; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. nitrophenolicus, pertaining to nitrophenol, degrading para-nitrophenol

Pronunciation, gender: ni-tro-p^he-NO-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 59571; DSM 23311; JCM 19111; PNP1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU797177 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nielsen MB, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Description of Citricoccus nitrophenolicus sp. nov., a para-nitrophenol degrading actinobacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant and emended description of the genus Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 99:489-499.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The accession numbers DSM 23311 and CCUG 59571 are cited in the "Abstract" and in the chapter "Conclusion" of the effective publication. However, they do not appear in the species description ("protologue"). Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 143. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1-4.

Parent taxon: Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Nielsen MB, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Description of Citricoccus nitrophenolicus sp. nov., a para-nitrophenol degrading actinobacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant and emended description of the genus Citricoccus Altenburger et al. 2002. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 99:489-499.

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