Name: Desulfotignum toluenicum Ommedal and Torsvik 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.lu.e’ni.cum. N.L. neut. n. toluenum, toluene; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. toluenicum, pertaining to toluene

Pronunciation, gender: to-lu-E-ni-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1460; DSM 18732; H3

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16S rRNA gene: EF207157 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ommedal H, Torsvik T. Desulfotignum toluenicum sp. nov., a novel toluene-degrading, sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-reservoir model column. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2865-2869.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfotignum Kuever et al. 2001

Assigned by: Ommedal H, Torsvik T. Desulfotignum toluenicum sp. nov., a novel toluene-degrading, sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil-reservoir model column. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2865-2869.

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Record number: 787049