Name: Comamonas acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Tamaoka et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.ci.do.vo.rans. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. adj. acidus -a -um, sour; L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. fem. part. adj. acidovorans, acid devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACM 489; ATCC 15668; CCUG 12692; CCUG 14481; CFBP 2444; CIP 103021; den Dooren de Jong 7; DSM 39; IAM 12409; IFO 14950; JCM 5833; JCM 6203; KS 0057; LMG 1226; LMG 6031; NBRC 14950; NCCB 26037; NCIB 9681; NCIMB 9681; NCTC 10683; Stanier 14

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Valid publication: Tamaoka J, Ha DM, Komagata K. Reclassification of Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 and Pseudomonas testosteroni Marcus and Talalay 1956 as Comamonas acidovorans comb. nov. and Comamonas testosteroni comb. nov., with an emended description of the genus Comamonas. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:52-59.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Delftia acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Wen et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Delftia acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Wen et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Willems et al. 1991 Willems A, Pot B, Falsen E, Vandamme P, Gillis M, Kersters K, De Ley J. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Comamonas: relationship to Aquaspirillum aquaticum, E. Falsen group 10, and other clinical isolates. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:427-444.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

• Notes:
  • ❗ Comamonas acidovorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Comamonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 93 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985

Assigned by: Tamaoka J, Ha DM, Komagata K. Reclassification of Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 and Pseudomonas testosteroni Marcus and Talalay 1956 as Comamonas acidovorans comb. nov. and Comamonas testosteroni comb. nov., with an emended description of the genus Comamonas. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:52-59.

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Record number: 775073