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Name: Paenibacillus azoreducens Meehan et al. 2001
Etymology: azo.reduc’ens. 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
Type strain: CIP 107224; CM1; DSM 13822; NCIMB 13761
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16S rRNA gene: AJ272249 Analyse FASTA
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.
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
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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Record number: 779049