Name: Parapedobacter pyrenivorans Zhao et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: py.re.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. pyrenum, pyrene; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. pyrenivorans, pyrene-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12195; NBRC 109113; P-4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760008 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao JK, Li XM, Zhang MJ, Jin JH, Jiang CY, Liu SJ. Parapedobacter pyrenivorans sp. nov., isolated from a pyrene-degrading microbial enrichment, and emended description of the genus Parapedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3994-3999.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Parapedobacter Kim et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zhao JK, Li XM, Zhang MJ, Jin JH, Jiang CY, Liu SJ. Parapedobacter pyrenivorans sp. nov., isolated from a pyrene-degrading microbial enrichment, and emended description of the genus Parapedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3994-3999.

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Record number: 791298