Name: Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha Esquivel-Elizondo et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.bo.xy.di’tro.pha. N.L. neut. adj. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeder; from Gr. ind. v. trephô, to feed; N.L. fem. adj. carboxyditropha, feeding on carbon monoxide

Pronunciation, gender: kar-bo-ksy-DI-tro-p^ha, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-119; DSM 106132; SVCO-16

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16S rRNA gene: KY992590 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Esquivel-Elizondo S, Maldonado J, Krajmalnik-Brown R. Anaerobic carbon monoxide metabolism by Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha sp. nov., a new mesophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotroph. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:fiy056.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 183. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2707-2709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Pleomorphomonas Xie and Yokota 2005

Assigned by: Esquivel-Elizondo S, Maldonado J, Krajmalnik-Brown R. Anaerobic carbon monoxide metabolism by Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha sp. nov., a new mesophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotroph. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:fiy056.

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Record number: 797872