Name: Ideonella dechloratans Malmqvist et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.chlor.at’ans M.L. adj. dechloratans; L. abl. prep. de, from; chloratans, derived from chlorate, the chlorate reducing bacterium

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 51718; CCUG 30898; CCUG 30977; CIP 104251

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X72724 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Malmqvist A, Welander T, Moore E, Ternstrom A, Molin G, Stenstrom I. Ideonella dechloratans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium capable of growing anaerobically with chlorate as an electron acceptor. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:58-64.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 50. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:595.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Ideonella Malmqvist et al. 1994. Publication: Malmqvist A, Welander T, Moore E, Ternstrom A, Molin G, Stenstrom I. Ideonella dechloratans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium capable of growing anaerobically with chlorate as an electron acceptor. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:58-64.

Parent taxon: Ideonella Malmqvist et al. 1994

Assigned by: Malmqvist A, Welander T, Moore E, Ternstrom A, Molin G, Stenstrom I. Ideonella dechloratans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacterium capable of growing anaerobically with chlorate as an electron acceptor. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:58-64.

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