Name: Hydrocarboniphaga effusa Palleroni et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ef.fu’sa. L. fem. part. adj. effusa, wide-spread, extensive, diffuse, making reference to the spreading tendency of colonies growing on minimal agar medium

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AP103; ATCC BAA-332; DSM 16095

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY363245 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Palleroni NJ, Port AM, Chang HK, Zylstra GJ. Hydrocarboniphaga effusa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the gamma-Proteobacteria active in alkane and aromatic hydrocarbon degradation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1203-1207.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hydrocarboniphaga Palleroni et al. 2004. Publication: Palleroni NJ, Port AM, Chang HK, Zylstra GJ. Hydrocarboniphaga effusa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the gamma-Proteobacteria active in alkane and aromatic hydrocarbon degradation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1203-1207.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Hydrocarboniphaga Palleroni et al. 2004

Assigned by: Palleroni NJ, Port AM, Chang HK, Zylstra GJ. Hydrocarboniphaga effusa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the gamma-Proteobacteria active in alkane and aromatic hydrocarbon degradation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1203-1207.

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Record number: 776930