Name: Donghicola tyrosinivorans Sung et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ty.ro.si.ni’vo.rans. N.L. fem. n. tyrosina, tyrosine; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. tyrosinivorans, tyrosine-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: ty-ro-si-NI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: 13-93-B1; DSM 100212; KCTC 42571

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16S rRNA gene: KP901250 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sung HR, Lee JM, Kim M, Yun BR, Shin KS. Donghicola tyrosinivorans sp. nov., a tyrosine-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4140-4145.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Donghicola Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Sung HR, Lee JM, Kim M, Yun BR, Shin KS. Donghicola tyrosinivorans sp. nov., a tyrosine-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4140-4145.

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