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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Geobacter benzoatilyticus

Name: Geobacter benzoatilyticus Yang et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.zo.a.ti.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. benzoatum, benzoate; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. benzoatilyticus, dissolving benzoate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ben-zo-a-ti-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: JCM 39190; Jerry-YX; MCCC 1K05659

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16S rRNA gene: MZ714560 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang G, Li Y, Lin A, Zhuang L. Geobacter benzoatilyticus sp. nov., a novel benzoate-oxidizing, iron-reducing bacterium isolated from petroleum contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5281. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Geobacter Lovley et al. 1995

Assigned by: Yang G, Li Y, Lin A, Zhuang L. Geobacter benzoatilyticus sp. nov., a novel benzoate-oxidizing, iron-reducing bacterium isolated from petroleum contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5281. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 28021
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