Name: Thalassobacillus devorans García et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.vo’rans. L. inf. v. devorare, to devour; L. part. adj. devorans, devouring (organic compounds)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 7282; CECT 7046; DSM 16966; G-19.1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ717299 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Garcia MT, Gallego V, Ventosa A, Mellado E. Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1789-1795.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005. Publication: Garcia MT, Gallego V, Ventosa A, Mellado E. Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1789-1795.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garcia MT, Gallego V, Ventosa A, Mellado E. Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1789-1795.

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