Name: "Parastenotrophomonas nitritireducens" (Finkmann et al. 2000) Chauviat et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens Finkmann et al. 2000

Etymology: ni.tri.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitris, nitrite; L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. fem. part. adj. nitritireducens, reducing nitrite

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-tri-ti-re-DU-kens, feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-12; CCUG 46888; CIP 107228; DSM 12575; GCA_001431425.1T; JCM 13311; L2; LMG 22074

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16S rRNA gene: AJ012229 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Chauviat A, Abrouk D, Brothier E, Muller D, Meyer T, Favre-Bonte S. Genomic and phylogenetic re-assessment of the genus Stenotrophomonas: Description of Stenotrophomonas thermophila sp. nov., and the proposal of Parastenotrophomonas gen. Nov., Pseudostenotrophomonas gen. Nov., Pedostenotrophomonas gen. Nov., and Allostenotrophomonas gen. Nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126630. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens Finkmann et al. 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Stenotrophomonas nitritireducens Finkmann et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: "Parastenotrophomonas" Chauviat et al. 2025

Assigned by: Chauviat A, Abrouk D, Brothier E, Muller D, Meyer T, Favre-Bonte S. Genomic and phylogenetic re-assessment of the genus Stenotrophomonas: Description of Stenotrophomonas thermophila sp. nov., and the proposal of Parastenotrophomonas gen. Nov., Pseudostenotrophomonas gen. Nov., Pedostenotrophomonas gen. Nov., and Allostenotrophomonas gen. Nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2025; 48:126630. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 66414