Name: Parvibaculum lavamentivorans Schleheck et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.va.men.ti.vo.rans. L. v. lavo, to wash; L. neut. suff. -mentum, agent of (specified) action; L. pres. part. vorans, consuming; N.L. part. adj. lavamentivorans, consuming (chemicals) used for washing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DS-1; DSM 13023; NCIMB 13966

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY387398 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schleheck D, Tindall BJ, Rossello-Mora R, Cook AM. Parvibaculum lavamentivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel heterotroph that initiates catabolism of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1489-1497.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • 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.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parvibaculum Schleheck et al. 2004. Publication: Schleheck D, Tindall BJ, Rossello-Mora R, Cook AM. Parvibaculum lavamentivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel heterotroph that initiates catabolism of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1489-1497.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Parvibaculum Schleheck et al. 2004

Assigned by: Schleheck D, Tindall BJ, Rossello-Mora R, Cook AM. Parvibaculum lavamentivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel heterotroph that initiates catabolism of linear alkylbenzenesulfonate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1489-1497.

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