Name: Phenylobacterium conjunctum Abraham et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.junc’tum. L. neut. part. adj. conjunctum, adjacent, the Phenylobacterium species which is closely related to the genus Caulobacter

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 55074; DSM 21794; FWC 21; LMG 24262

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16S rRNA gene: AJ227767 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abraham WR, Macedo AJ, Lunsdorf H, Fischer R, Pawelczyk S, Smit J, Vancanneyt M. Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1939-1949.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Phenylobacterium Lingens et al. 1985

Assigned by: Abraham WR, Macedo AJ, Lunsdorf H, Fischer R, Pawelczyk S, Smit J, Vancanneyt M. Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1939-1949.

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