Name: Dechloromonas agitata Achenbach et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.gi.ta’ta. L. fem. part. adj. agitata, agitated, highly active

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700666; CKB; DSM 13637

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16S rRNA gene: AF047462 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Achenbach LA, Michaelidou U, Bruce RA, Fryman J, Coates JD. Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:527-533.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dechlorimonas agitatus" Bruce et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001. Publication: Achenbach LA, Michaelidou U, Bruce RA, Fryman J, Coates JD. Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:527-533.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001

Assigned by: Achenbach LA, Michaelidou U, Bruce RA, Fryman J, Coates JD. Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:527-533.

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