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Species Paracoccus bengalensis
Name: Paracoccus bengalensis Ghosh et al. 2006
Etymology: ben.gal.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bengalensis, pertaining to Bengal, after the name of the province West Bengal of India from where the bacterium was isolated
Type strain: DSM 17099; JJJ; LMG 22700; MTCC 7003
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ864469
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Ghosh W, Mandal S, Roy P. Paracoccus bengalensis sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph from the rhizospheric soil of an Indian tropical leguminous plant. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:396-403. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 112. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2507-2508.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Ghosh W, Mandal S, Roy P. Paracoccus bengalensis sp. nov., a novel sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph from the rhizospheric soil of an Indian tropical leguminous plant. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:396-403.
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Record number: 785687
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