Name: Promicromonospora pachnodae Cazemier et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pach.no’dae. N.L. gen. fem. n. pachnodae, of Pachnoda [Pachnoda marginata], referring to the source of the microorganism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 12657; JCM 13526; KACC 19382; NCCB 100020; VPCX2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF105422 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cazemier AE, Verdoes JC, Reubsaet FA, Hackstein JH, van der Drift C, Op den Camp HJ. Promicromonospora pachnodae sp. nov., a member of the (hemi)cellulolytic hindgut flora of larvae of the scarab beetle Pachnoda marginata. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2003; 83:135-148.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 95. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Xylanimonas pachnodae (Cazemier et al. 2004) Heo et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Cellulomonas pachnodae" Cazemier et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Xylanimonas pachnodae (Cazemier et al. 2004) Heo et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Xylanimicrobium pachnodae (Cazemier et al. 2004) Stackebrandt and Schumann 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Promicromonospora pachnodae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Promicromonospora.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Promicromonospora Krassilnikov et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cazemier AE, Verdoes JC, Reubsaet FA, Hackstein JH, van der Drift C, Op den Camp HJ. Promicromonospora pachnodae sp. nov., a member of the (hemi)cellulolytic hindgut flora of larvae of the scarab beetle Pachnoda marginata. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2003; 83:135-148.

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Record number: 779812