Name: Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pent.a.ro.ma.ti.vo’rans. Gr. num. pente, five; L. neut. n. aroma (gen. aromatis), spice; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. part. adj. pentaromativorans, degrading/devouring aromatic compounds with five rings

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 7479; CEE_131; DSM 21945

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM955224 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rodriguez-Blanco A, Vetion G, Escande ML, Delille D, Ghiglione JF. Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:504-509.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010. Publication: Rodriguez-Blanco A, Vetion G, Escande ML, Delille D, Ghiglione JF. Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:504-509.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010

Assigned by: Rodriguez-Blanco A, Vetion G, Escande ML, Delille D, Ghiglione JF. Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:504-509.

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