Name: Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18526; FS; JCM 14622

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF605262 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fahrbach M, Kuever J, Remesch M, Huber BE, Kampfer P, Dott W, Hollender J. Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2215-2223.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008. Publication: Fahrbach M, Kuever J, Remesch M, Huber BE, Kampfer P, Dott W, Hollender J. Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2215-2223.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008

Assigned by: Fahrbach M, Kuever J, Remesch M, Huber BE, Kampfer P, Dott W, Hollender J. Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2215-2223.

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Record number: 787545