Name: Plasticicumulans acidivorans Jiang et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di.vo’rans. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. acidivorans, acid-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CBS 122990; DSM 23606; TUD-JY37; TUD-YJ37

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16S rRNA gene: GU206550 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jiang Y, Sorokin DY, Kleerebezem R, Muyzer G, van Loosdrecht M. Plasticicumulans acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating gammaproteobacterium from a sequencing-batch bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2314-2319.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Plasticicumulans Jiang et al. 2011. Publication: Jiang Y, Sorokin DY, Kleerebezem R, Muyzer G, van Loosdrecht M. Plasticicumulans acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating gammaproteobacterium from a sequencing-batch bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2314-2319.
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Plasticicumulans Jiang et al. 2011

Assigned by: Jiang Y, Sorokin DY, Kleerebezem R, Muyzer G, van Loosdrecht M. Plasticicumulans acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating gammaproteobacterium from a sequencing-batch bioreactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2314-2319.

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