Name: Sphingobium quisquiliarum Bala et al. 2010
Etymology: quis.qui.li.a’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. quisquiliarum, of refuse, rubbish, trash, referring to the isolation of the type strain from an HCH dump site
Type strain: CCM 7543; DSM 24952; MTCC 9472; P25
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16S rRNA gene: EU781657 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Bala K, Sharma P, Lal R. Sphingobium quisquiliarum sp. nov., a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-degrading bacterium isolated from an HCH-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:429-433.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Sphingobium Takeuchi et al. 2001
Assigned by: Bala K, Sharma P, Lal R. Sphingobium quisquiliarum sp. nov., a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)-degrading bacterium isolated from an HCH-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:429-433.
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