Name: Pinisolibacter aquiterrae Bedics et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ter’rae. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. fem. n. terra, earth or ground; N.L. gen. fem. n. aquiterrae, from/ of groundwater

Pronunciation, gender: a-kwi-TER-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: B 13; LMG 32346; NCAIM B.02665

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16S rRNA gene: MZ047316 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bedics A, Banerjee S, Boka K, Toth E, Benedek T, Kriszt B, Tancsics A. Pinisolibacter aquiterrae sp. nov., a novel aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from benzene-, and xylene-degrading enrichment cultures, and emended description of the genus Pinisolibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5229.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5343.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pinisolibacter Dahal et al. 2018

Assigned by: Bedics A, Banerjee S, Boka K, Toth E, Benedek T, Kriszt B, Tancsics A. Pinisolibacter aquiterrae sp. nov., a novel aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from benzene-, and xylene-degrading enrichment cultures, and emended description of the genus Pinisolibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5229.

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Record number: 25949