Name: Citricoccus nitrophenolicus Nielsen et al. 2012
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
Type strain: CCUG 59571; DSM 23311; JCM 19111; PNP1
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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
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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Record number: 789301