Name: Gulosibacter molinativorax Manaia et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.li.na’ti.vo.rax. N.L. masc. n. molinas, molinate (a herbicide); L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. adj. molinativorax, molinate-degrading

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 49965; DSM 13485; JCM 13320; LMG 21909; ON4

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16S rRNA gene: AJ306835 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Manaia CM, Nogales B, Weiss N, Nunes OC. Gulosibacter molinativorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a molinate-degrading bacterium, and classification of 'Brevibacterium helvolum' DSM 20419 as Pseudoclavibacter helvolus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:783-789.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gulosibacter Manaia et al. 2004. Publication: Manaia CM, Nogales B, Weiss N, Nunes OC. Gulosibacter molinativorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a molinate-degrading bacterium, and classification of 'Brevibacterium helvolum' DSM 20419 as Pseudoclavibacter helvolus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:783-789.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times 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: Gulosibacter Manaia et al. 2004

Assigned by: Manaia CM, Nogales B, Weiss N, Nunes OC. Gulosibacter molinativorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a molinate-degrading bacterium, and classification of 'Brevibacterium helvolum' DSM 20419 as Pseudoclavibacter helvolus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:783-789.

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