Name: Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tol.u.o’li.ca. N.L. neut. n. toluol, toluol, toluene (from Fr. or Sp. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu); L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. toluolica, pertaining to toluene

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 7467; Tol2

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16S rRNA gene: X70953 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rabus R, Nordhaus R, Ludwig W, Widdel F. Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:1444-1451.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000. Publication: Rabus R, Nordhaus R, Ludwig W, Widdel F. Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:1444-1451.
  • 😷 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: Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000

Assigned by: Rabus R, Nordhaus R, Ludwig W, Widdel F. Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:1444-1451.

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