Name: Granulicoccus phenolivorans Maszenan et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phe.no.li.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. phenol, phenol; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, consuming; N.L. part. adj. phenolivorans, consuming phenol

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1292; DSM 17626; JCM 15570; PG-02

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY566575 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maszenan AM, Jiang HL, Tay JH, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Tay ST. Granulicoccus phenolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, phenol-degrading coccus isolated from phenol-degrading aerobic granules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:730-737.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Granulicoccus Maszenan et al. 2007. Publication: Maszenan AM, Jiang HL, Tay JH, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Tay ST. Granulicoccus phenolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, phenol-degrading coccus isolated from phenol-degrading aerobic granules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:730-737.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Granulicoccus Maszenan et al. 2007

Assigned by: Maszenan AM, Jiang HL, Tay JH, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Tay ST. Granulicoccus phenolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, phenol-degrading coccus isolated from phenol-degrading aerobic granules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:730-737.

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