Name: Pelobium manganitolerans Xia et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.ga.ni.to’le.rans. L. neut. n. manganum, manganese; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. manganitolerans, manganese tolerating

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2016051; KCTC 52203; YS-25

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX014810 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xia X, Wu S, Han Y, Liao S, Wang G. Pelobium manganitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a manganese mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4954-4959.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelobium Xia et al. 2016. Publication: Xia X, Wu S, Han Y, Liao S, Wang G. Pelobium manganitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a manganese mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4954-4959.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates well within the genus Pedobacter and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Pelobium Xia et al. 2016

Assigned by: Xia X, Wu S, Han Y, Liao S, Wang G. Pelobium manganitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sludge of a manganese mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4954-4959.

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