Name: Paenibacillus azoreducens Meehan et al. 2001
Etymology: a.zo.re.du’cens. N.L. pref. azo-, a combining form meaning nitrogen (in compound words condensed from azotum); L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. masc. part. adj. azoreducens, nitrogen-reducing, referring to the ability to decolorize azo-, based textile dyes by reductive cleavage of the azo linkage
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa͡e-ni-ba-KIL-lus a-zo-re-DU-kens, masculine
Type strain: CIP 107224; CM1; DSM 13822; NCIMB 13761
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16S rRNA gene:
AJ272249
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Valid publication:
Meehan C, Bjourson AJ, McMullan G. Paenibacillus azoreducens sp. nov., a synthetic azo dye decolorizing bacterium from industrial wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1681-1685. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Parent taxon: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994
Assigned by:
Meehan C, Bjourson AJ, McMullan G. Paenibacillus azoreducens sp. nov., a synthetic azo dye decolorizing bacterium from industrial wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1681-1685. 🇬🇧
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