Name: Pontibaca methylaminivorans Kim et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.thy’la.mi’ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. methyl, the methyl radical; N.L. fem. n. amina, the amine group; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. methylaminivorans, degrading methylated amines

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21219; GRP21; KCTC 22497

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ505788 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim KK, Lee JS, Lee KC, Oh HM, Kim SG. Pontibaca methylaminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2170-2175.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pontibaca Kim et al. 2010. Publication: Kim KK, Lee JS, Lee KC, Oh HM, Kim SG. Pontibaca methylaminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2170-2175.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pontibaca Kim et al. 2010

Assigned by: Kim KK, Lee JS, Lee KC, Oh HM, Kim SG. Pontibaca methylaminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2170-2175.

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