Name: Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: noer.te.mann’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. noertemannii, of Nörtemann, in honour of Bernd Nörtemann, who isolated this and various other bacterial strains that had extraordinary degradative abilities

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BN9; DSM 10065; NCIMB 14020

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16S rRNA gene: AY695828 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stolz A, Burger S, Kuhm A, Kampfer P, Busse HJ. Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1077-1081.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2020 Li J, Qi M, Lai Q, Dong C, Liu X, Wang G, Shao Z. Pusillimonas maritima sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3483-3490. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005. Publication: Stolz A, Burger S, Kuhm A, Kampfer P, Busse HJ. Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1077-1081.
  • 😷 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 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005

Assigned by: Stolz A, Burger S, Kuhm A, Kampfer P, Busse HJ. Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1077-1081.

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