Name: Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans Mahendra and Alvarez-Cohen 2005
Etymology: di.ox.a.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. dioxanum, 1, 4-dioxane; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. dioxanivorans, dioxane-devouring
Type strain: ATCC 55486; CB 1190; DSM 44775; JCM 13855
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16S rRNA gene: AY340622 Analyse 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
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