Name: Polaromonas naphthalenivorans Jeon et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: naph.thal.en.i.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. naphthalenum, naphthalene; L. pres. part. vorans, consuming; N.L. part. adj. naphthalenivorans, naphthalene-consuming

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-779; CCUG 51246; CJ2; DSM 15660

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16S rRNA gene: AY166684 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeon CO, Park W, Ghiorse WC, Madsen EL. Polaromonas naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium from naphthalene-contaminated sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:93-97.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet, naphthalenivorans, is a N.L. fem. part. adj., not a N.L. neut. adj. as cited in the paper by Jeon et al. 2004. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Polaromonas Irgens et al. 1996

Assigned by: Jeon CO, Park W, Ghiorse WC, Madsen EL. Polaromonas naphthalenivorans sp. nov., a naphthalene-degrading bacterium from naphthalene-contaminated sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:93-97.

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Record number: 779718