Name: Thalassobacillus devorans García et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: DE-wo-rans, masculine

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

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

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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Record number: 782443