Name: Plasticicumulans lactativorans Jiang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac.ta.ti.vo’rans. N.L. masc. n. lactas (gen. lactatis), lactate; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. lactativorans, lactate-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 25287; NCCB 100398; YD

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN565849 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jiang Y, Sorokin DY, Junicke H, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Plasticicumulans lactativorans sp. nov., a polyhydroxybutyrate-accumulating gammaproteobacterium from a sequencing-batch bioreactor fed with lactate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:33-38.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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.
  • 😷 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: Plasticicumulans Jiang et al. 2011

Assigned by: Jiang Y, Sorokin DY, Junicke H, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Plasticicumulans lactativorans sp. nov., a polyhydroxybutyrate-accumulating gammaproteobacterium from a sequencing-batch bioreactor fed with lactate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:33-38.

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