Name: Olivibacter oleidegradans Szabó et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.i.de’gra.dans. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. pres. part. degradans, returning to the original order, referring to the ability of the type strain to degrade oil (hydrocarbons); N.L. masc. part. adj. oleidegradans, capable of degrading oil (hydrocarbons)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-le-i-DE-gra-dans, masculine

Type strain: CCM 7765; NCAIM B.02393; TBF2/20.2

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16S rRNA gene: HM021726 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Szabo I, Szoboszlay S, Kriszt B, Hahn J, Harkai P, Baka E, Tancsics A, Kaszab E, Privler Z, Kukolya J. Olivibacter oleidegradans sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a biofilter clean-up facility on a hydrocarbon-contaminated site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2861-2865. 🇭🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the species description (protologue), the strain NCAIM B 02393 is cited as NCAIMB 02393. 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: Olivibacter Ntougias et al. 2007

Assigned by: Szabo I, Szoboszlay S, Kriszt B, Hahn J, Harkai P, Baka E, Tancsics A, Kaszab E, Privler Z, Kukolya J. Olivibacter oleidegradans sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a biofilter clean-up facility on a hydrocarbon-contaminated site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2861-2865. 🇭🇺

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