Name: Dehalogenimonas formicexedens Key et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mic.ex.e’dens. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; L. pres. part. exedens, eating up; N.L. fem. part. adj. formicexedens, eating up formate

Pronunciation, gender: for-mik-ex-E-dens, feminine

Type strain: HAMBI 3672; JCM 19277; NSZ-14; VKM B-3058

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX274280 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Key TA, Bowman KS, Lee I, Chun J, Albuquerque L, da Costa MS, Rainey FA, Moe WM. Dehalogenimonas formicexedens sp. nov., a chlorinated alkane-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1366-1373.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Dehalogenimonas Moe et al. 2009

Assigned by: Key TA, Bowman KS, Lee I, Chun J, Albuquerque L, da Costa MS, Rainey FA, Moe WM. Dehalogenimonas formicexedens sp. nov., a chlorinated alkane-respiring bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1366-1373.

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Record number: 795304