Name: Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum Junghare and Schink 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.zo.e.ly.ti.cum. N.L. n. benzoe, benzoic resin (from Arabic luban dschawi); N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. benzoelyticum, degrading benzoate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 28570; KCTC 15441; KoBa311

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ766003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfoprunum Junghare and Schink 2015. Publication: Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfoprunum Junghare and Schink 2015

Assigned by: Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84.

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Record number: 792429