Name: Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans Qiu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.hy.dro.xy.bu.ty.ra.ti.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. polyhydroxybutyratum, polyhydroxybutyrate; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. polyhydroxybutyrativorans, polyhydroxybutyrate-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACCC 19739; DSM 29460; SL-205

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX974341 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qiu T, Zuo Z, Gao J, Gao M, Han M, Sun L, Zhang L, Wang X. Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans sp. nov., a novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)-degrading bacterium isolated from biofilms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2913-2918.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4294-4296.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Khan and Hiraishi 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Khan and Hiraishi 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Liu and Zhu (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Khan and Hiraishi 2003. 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.
  • ❗ Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Diaphorobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Diaphorobacter Khan and Hiraishi 2003

Assigned by: Qiu T, Zuo Z, Gao J, Gao M, Han M, Sun L, Zhang L, Wang X. Diaphorobacter polyhydroxybutyrativorans sp. nov., a novel poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)-degrading bacterium isolated from biofilms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2913-2918.

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Record number: 793165