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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Nocardioides alcanivorans

Name: Nocardioides alcanivorans Mitzscherling et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ca.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. alcanum, alkane, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon; L. inf. v. vorare, to eat; N.L. masc. part. adj. alcanivorans, alkane-devouring, as the strain is able to use hexadecane as sole carbon source

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 113112; NCCB 100846; NGK65

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON063448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mitzscherling J, MacLean J, Lipus D, Bartholomaus A, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Roddatis V, Liebner S, Wagner D. Nocardioides alcanivorans sp. nov., a novel hexadecane-degrading species isolated from plastic waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5319.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5434.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Nocardioides Prauser 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mitzscherling J, MacLean J, Lipus D, Bartholomaus A, Mangelsdorf K, Lipski A, Roddatis V, Liebner S, Wagner D. Nocardioides alcanivorans sp. nov., a novel hexadecane-degrading species isolated from plastic waste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5319.

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Record number: 28357
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