Name: Terrabacter carboxydivorans Kim et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.bo.xy’di.vo’rans. N.L. neut. adj. carboxydum, carbon monoxide; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. masc. part. adj. carboxydivorans, digesting carbon monoxide

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27984; JCM 16259; KCCM 42922; KCTC 39579; PY2

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16S rRNA gene: FJ717334 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SM, Park SW, Park ST, Kim YM. Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:482-486.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989

Assigned by: Kim SM, Park SW, Park ST, Kim YM. Terrabacter carboxydivorans sp. nov., a carbon monoxide-oxidizing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:482-486.

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Record number: 789096