Name: Sterolibacterium denitrificans Tarlera and Denner 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-354; Chol-1S; DSM 13999

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16S rRNA gene: AJ306683 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tarlera S, Denner EB. Sterolibacterium denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cholesterol-oxidizing, denitrifying member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1085-1091.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sterolibacterium Tarlera and Denner 2003. Publication: Tarlera S, Denner EB. Sterolibacterium denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cholesterol-oxidizing, denitrifying member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1085-1091.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sterolibacterium Tarlera and Denner 2003

Assigned by: Tarlera S, Denner EB. Sterolibacterium denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cholesterol-oxidizing, denitrifying member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1085-1091.

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Record number: 781271