Name: Roseateles toxinivorans (Rapala et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005

Etymology: to.xi.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. toxinum, toxin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. toxinivorans, eating toxins, pertaining to its ability to degrade cyanobacterial hepatotoxins

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2C20; DSM 16998; HAMBI 2767; VYH 193597

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY515390 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00700 (N = 14).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999

Assigned by: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352.

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Record number: 36215