Name: Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Khan and Hiraishi 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro.re.du’cens. L. neut. n. nitrum, nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. part. adj. nitroreducens, reducing nitrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 107294; DSM 15985; JCM 11421; NA10B

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB064317 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Khan ST, Hiraishi A. Diaphorobacter nitroreducens gen nov, sp nov, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading denitrifying bacterium isolated from activated sludge. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:299-308.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Qiu et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Liu and Zhu 2019 Liu Y, Zhu HH. Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Qiu et al. 2015 is a later heterotypic synonym of Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Khan and Hiraishi 2003. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2954-2957. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Diaphorobacter Khan and Hiraishi 2003. Publication: Khan ST, Hiraishi A. Diaphorobacter nitroreducens gen nov, sp nov, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading denitrifying bacterium isolated from activated sludge. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:299-308.
  • ⏰ According to Liu and Zhu (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Qiu et al. 2015. Publication: Liu Y, Zhu HH. Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Qiu et al. 2015 is a later heterotypic synonym of Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Khan and Hiraishi 2003. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2954-2957.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Diaphorobacter Khan and Hiraishi 2003

Assigned by: Khan ST, Hiraishi A. Diaphorobacter nitroreducens gen nov, sp nov, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading denitrifying bacterium isolated from activated sludge. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:299-308.

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