Name: Rhizorhabdus dicambivorans Yao et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.cam.bi.vo’rans. N.L. fem. n. dicamba; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. dicambivorans, dicamba-devouring, degrading

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2016143; KACC 18661; Ndbn-20

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP064570 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yao L, Zhang JJ, Yu LL, Chen Q, Zhu JC, He J, Ding DR. Rhizorhabdus dicambivorans sp. nov., a dicamba-degrading bacterium isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3317-3323.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Rhizorhabdus Francis et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yao L, Zhang JJ, Yu LL, Chen Q, Zhu JC, He J, Ding DR. Rhizorhabdus dicambivorans sp. nov., a dicamba-degrading bacterium isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3317-3323.

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