Name: Georgfuchsia toluolica Weelink et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tol.u.o’li.ca. N.L. neut. n. toluol, toluol, toluene (from Fr. or Sp. tolu, balsam from Santiago de Tolu); L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. toluolica, pertaining to toluene

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19032; G5G6; JCM 14632

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Effective publication: Weelink SA, van Doesburg W, Saia FT, Rijpstra WI, Roling WF, Smidt H, Stams AJ. A strictly anaerobic betaproteobacterium Georgfuchsia toluolica gen. nov., sp. nov. degrades aromatic compounds with Fe(III), Mn(IV) or nitrate as an electron acceptor. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 70:575-585.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Georgfuchsia Weelink et al. 2011. Publication: Weelink SA, van Doesburg W, Saia FT, Rijpstra WI, Roling WF, Smidt H, Stams AJ. A strictly anaerobic betaproteobacterium Georgfuchsia toluolica gen. nov., sp. nov. degrades aromatic compounds with Fe(III), Mn(IV) or nitrate as an electron acceptor. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 70:575-585.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain DSM 19032 is cited as DSMZ 19032. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Georgfuchsia Weelink et al. 2011

Assigned by: Weelink SA, van Doesburg W, Saia FT, Rijpstra WI, Roling WF, Smidt H, Stams AJ. A strictly anaerobic betaproteobacterium Georgfuchsia toluolica gen. nov., sp. nov. degrades aromatic compounds with Fe(III), Mn(IV) or nitrate as an electron acceptor. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009; 70:575-585.

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