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. masc. part. adj. cinnamivorans, cinnamic-acid-digesting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700879; CIN1; DSM 12816

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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. — 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 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