Name: Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum (Engelhardt et al. 2001) Dai et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Planococcus alkanoclasticus Engelhardt et al. 2001

Etymology: al.kan.o.cla’sti.cum. N.L. neut. n. alkanum, alkane; Gr. masc. adj. klastos, broken; N.L. neut. adj. alkanoclasticum, breaking alkanes

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 107718; MAE2; NCIMB 13489

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF029364 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dai X, Wang YN, Wang BJ, Liu SJ, Zhou YG. Planomicrobium chinense sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment, and transfer of Planococcus psychrophilus and Planococcus alkanoclasticus to Planomicrobium as Planomicrobium psychrophilum comb. nov. and Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:699-702.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Planococcus alkanoclasticus Engelhardt et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Planococcus alkanoclasticus Engelhardt et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Planomicrobium.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Planomicrobium Yoon et al. 2001

Assigned by: Dai X, Wang YN, Wang BJ, Liu SJ, Zhou YG. Planomicrobium chinense sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment, and transfer of Planococcus psychrophilus and Planococcus alkanoclasticus to Planomicrobium as Planomicrobium psychrophilum comb. nov. and Planomicrobium alkanoclasticum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:699-702.

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Record number: 784645