Name: Hyphomicrobium denitrificans Urakami et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51888; Attwood and Harder strain X; DSM 1869; NCIB 11706; NCIMB 11706; TK 0415

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y14308 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urakami T, Sasaki J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Characterization and description of Hyphomicrobium denitrificans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:528-532.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 34 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobium Stutzer and Hartleb 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Urakami T, Sasaki J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Characterization and description of Hyphomicrobium denitrificans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:528-532.

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