Name: Ideonella benzenivorans Bedics et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.ze.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. benzenum, benzene; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. fem. part. adj. benzenivorans, digesting benzene

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ben-ze-NI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: B 7; LMG 32345; NCAIM B.02664

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16S rRNA gene: MZ041034 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bedics A, Tancsics A, Toth E, Banerjee S, Harkai P, Kovacs B, Boka K, Kriszt B. Microaerobic enrichment of benzene-degrading bacteria and description of Ideonella benzenivorans sp. nov., capable of degrading benzene, toluene and ethylbenzene under microaerobic conditions. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2022; 115:1113-1128. 🇭🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: LMG 32.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Ideonella Malmqvist et al. 1994

Assigned by: Bedics A, Tancsics A, Toth E, Banerjee S, Harkai P, Kovacs B, Boka K, Kriszt B. Microaerobic enrichment of benzene-degrading bacteria and description of Ideonella benzenivorans sp. nov., capable of degrading benzene, toluene and ethylbenzene under microaerobic conditions. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2022; 115:1113-1128. 🇭🇺

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Record number: 36251