Name: Confluentimicrobium naphthalenivorans Jeong et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: naph.tha.le.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. naphthalenum, naphthalene; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthalenivorans, naphthalene-consuming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 30828; KCTC 18418; NS6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP272155 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeong HI, Jin HM, Jeon CO. Confluentimicrobium naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium isolated from sea-tidal-flat sediment, and emended description of the genus Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4191-4195.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Actibacterium naphthalenivorans (Jeong et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actibacterium naphthalenivorans (Jeong et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Confluentimicrobium naphthalenivorans is the correct name 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 Confluentimicrobium.

Parent taxon: Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015

Assigned by: Jeong HI, Jin HM, Jeon CO. Confluentimicrobium naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium isolated from sea-tidal-flat sediment, and emended description of the genus Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4191-4195.

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Record number: 793516