Name: Pelagimonas phthalicica (Iwaki et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tropicibacter phthalicicus corrig. Iwaki et al. 2012

Etymology: phtha.li’ci.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum phthalicum, phthalic acid; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. phthalicica, belonging to phthalic acid, referring to the substrate phthalic acid that can be utilized by the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26923; JCM 17793; KCTC 23703; KU27E1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB636139 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tropicibacter phthalicicus corrig. Iwaki et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tropicibacter phthalicus Iwaki et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pelagimonas Hahnke et al. 2013

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11051