Name: Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.xi.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. toxinum, toxin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. toxinivorans, eating toxins, pertaining to its ability to degrade cyanobacterial hepatotoxins

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2C20; DSM 16998; HAMBI 2767; VYH 193597

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY515390 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rapala J, Berg KA, Lyra C, Niemi RM, Manz W, Suomalainen S, Paulin L, Lahti K. Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1563-1568.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseateles toxinivorans (Rapala et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseateles toxinivorans (Rapala et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005. Publication: Rapala J, Berg KA, Lyra C, Niemi RM, Manz W, Suomalainen S, Paulin L, Lahti K. Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1563-1568.
  • ❗ Paucibacter toxinivorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paucibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005

Assigned by: Rapala J, Berg KA, Lyra C, Niemi RM, Manz W, Suomalainen S, Paulin L, Lahti K. Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1563-1568.

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Record number: 779189