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

Pronunciation, gender: a-gi-TA-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700666; CKB; DSM 13637

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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. — 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 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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