Name: Papillibacter cinnamivorans Defnoun et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cin.na.mi.vo’rans. L. neut. n. cinnamum, cinnamic acid; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. part. adj. cinnamivorans, cinnamic-acid-digesting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700879; CIN1; DSM 12816

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF167711 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Defnoun S, Labat M, Ambrosio M, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Papillibacter cinnamivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cinnamate-transforming bacterium from a shea cake digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1221-1228.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Papillibacter Defnoun et al. 2000. Publication: Defnoun S, Labat M, Ambrosio M, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Papillibacter cinnamivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cinnamate-transforming bacterium from a shea cake digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1221-1228.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Papillibacter Defnoun et al. 2000

Assigned by: Defnoun S, Labat M, Ambrosio M, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Papillibacter cinnamivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cinnamate-transforming bacterium from a shea cake digester. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1221-1228.

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Record number: 779146