Name: Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus Ramana et al. 2006
Etymology: ben.zo.a.ti.ly’ti.cus. N.L. masc. n. benzoas (gen. benzoatis), benzoate; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. benzoatilyticus, dissolving benzoate, named after its utilization of benzoate
Type strain: ATCC BAA-35; JA2; JCM 13220; MTCC 7087
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16S rRNA gene: AJ888903 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Ramana ChV, Sasikala Ch, Arunasri K, Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Shivaji S, Gupta P, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus sp. nov., an aromatic, hydrocarbon-degrading purple betaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2157-2164.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Rubrivivax Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by: Ramana ChV, Sasikala Ch, Arunasri K, Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Shivaji S, Gupta P, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus sp. nov., an aromatic, hydrocarbon-degrading purple betaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2157-2164.
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