Name: Labrys portucalensis Carvalho et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.tu.cal.en’sis. M.L. fem. adj. portucalensis, referring to Portugal, from where the bacterium was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17916; F11; LMG 23412

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY362040 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carvalho MF, De Marco P, Duque AF, Pacheco CC, Janssen DB, Castro PM. Labrys portucalensis sp. nov., a fluorobenzene-degrading bacterium isolated from an industrially contaminated sediment in northern Portugal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:692-698.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12875 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet portucalensis is a neo-Latin adjective, not a Latin adjective as cited in the paper by Carvalho et al. 2008. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Labrys Vasilyeva and Semenov 1985

Assigned by: Carvalho MF, De Marco P, Duque AF, Pacheco CC, Janssen DB, Castro PM. Labrys portucalensis sp. nov., a fluorobenzene-degrading bacterium isolated from an industrially contaminated sediment in northern Portugal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:692-698.

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