Name: Microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans Schippers et al. 2005
Etymology: hy.dro.car.bon.o’xy.dans. N.L. neut. n. hydrocarbonum, hydrocarbon; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. hydrocarbonoxydans, oxydizing hydrocarbons
Type strain: BNP48; DSM 16089; JCM 14340; NBRC 103074; NCIMB 14002
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16S rRNA gene: AJ698726 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Schippers A, Bosecker K, Sproer C, Schumann P. Microbacterium oleivorans sp. nov. and Microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans sp. nov., novel crude-oil-degrading Gram-positive bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:655-660.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Schippers A, Bosecker K, Sproer C, Schumann P. Microbacterium oleivorans sp. nov. and Microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans sp. nov., novel crude-oil-degrading Gram-positive bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:655-660.
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Record number: 778042