Name: Parasporobacterium paucivorans Lomans et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, degrading a limited number of substrates

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 15970; NCCB 100052; SYR1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ272036 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lomans BP, Leijdekkers P, Wesselink JJ, Bakkes P, Pol A, van der Drift C, den Camp HJ. Obligate sulfide-dependent degradation of methoxylated aromatic compounds and formation of methanethiol and dimethyl sulfide by a freshwater sediment isolate, Parasporobacterium paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:4017-4023.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 96. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:307-308.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parasporobacterium Lomans et al. 2004. Publication: Lomans BP, Leijdekkers P, Wesselink JJ, Bakkes P, Pol A, van der Drift C, den Camp HJ. Obligate sulfide-dependent degradation of methoxylated aromatic compounds and formation of methanethiol and dimethyl sulfide by a freshwater sediment isolate, Parasporobacterium paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:4017-4023.
  • 📧 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication the strain SYR1 is erroneously cited as NCCB 100009. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet is a N.L. part. adj. not a L. part. adj. as cited in the paper by Lomans et al. 2001. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Parasporobacterium Lomans et al. 2004

Assigned by: Lomans BP, Leijdekkers P, Wesselink JJ, Bakkes P, Pol A, van der Drift C, den Camp HJ. Obligate sulfide-dependent degradation of methoxylated aromatic compounds and formation of methanethiol and dimethyl sulfide by a freshwater sediment isolate, Parasporobacterium paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:4017-4023.

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