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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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