Name: Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.lu.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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-BA-ku-la to-lu-O-li-ka, 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. — 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 21 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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