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Species Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans
Name: Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans Mahendra and Alvarez-Cohen 2005
Etymology: di.o.xa.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. dioxanum, 1, 4-dioxane; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. dioxanivorans, dioxane-devouring
Pronunciation, gender: di-o-ksa-NI-wo-rans, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 55486; CB 1190; DSM 44775; JCM 13855
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY340622
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Mahendra S, Alvarez-Cohen L. Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans sp. nov., a novel actinomycete that grows on 1,4-dioxane. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:593-598. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04922 (N = 30).
- 😷 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 33 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).
Publication:
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
Parent taxon: Pseudonocardia Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Mahendra S, Alvarez-Cohen L. Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans sp. nov., a novel actinomycete that grows on 1,4-dioxane. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:593-598.
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Record number: 780174
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