Species Pelotomaculum isophthalicicum

Name: Pelotomaculum isophthalicicum corrig. Qiu et al. 2006

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: i.soph.tha.li’ci.cum. N.L. neut. n. acidum isophthalicum, isophthalic acid; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. isophthalicicum, referring to the substrate, isophthalic acid, which can be utilized by the species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-lo-to-MA-ku-lum i-sop^h-t^ha-LI-ki-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1053; JCM 12282; JI

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16S rRNA gene: AB232785 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Qiu YL, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Imachi H, Tseng IC, Cheng SS, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Pelotomaculum terephthalicum sp. nov. and Pelotomaculum isophthalicum sp. nov.: two anaerobic bacteria that degrade phthalate isomers in syntrophic association with hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:172-182. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 111. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2025-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelotomaculum isophthalicum Qiu et al. 2006	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Pelotomaculum terephthalicicum from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, isophthalicum (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. — 🧍 The strains JCM 12282 and ATCC BAA-1053 have been deposited as co-cultures with a methanogen, Methanospirillum hungatei. In the effective publication, the type strain ATCC BAA-1053 is erroneously cited as BAA-1053. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.

Parent taxon: Pelotomaculum Imachi et al. 2002

Assigned by: Qiu YL, Sekiguchi Y, Hanada S, Imachi H, Tseng IC, Cheng SS, Ohashi A, Harada H, Kamagata Y. Pelotomaculum terephthalicum sp. nov. and Pelotomaculum isophthalicum sp. nov.: two anaerobic bacteria that degrade phthalate isomers in syntrophic association with hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:172-182. 🇯🇵

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