Name: Thauera chlorobenzoica Song et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chlo.ro.ben.zo.i.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum chlorobenzoicum, chlorobenzoic acid; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. chlorobenzoica, pertaining to chlorobenzoic acid, indicating the ability to utilize chlorobenzoic acid

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 3CB-1; ATCC 700723; CIP 107679; DSM 18012; KCTC 12933

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16S rRNA gene: AF123264 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Song B, Palleroni NJ, Kerkhof LJ, Haggblom MM. Characterization of halobenzoate-degrading, denitrifying Azoarcus and Thauera isolates and description of Thauera chlorobenzoica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:589-602.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Thauera chlorobenzoica Song et al. 2001 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Thauera chlorobenzoica Song et al. 2001 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Thauera Macy et al. 1993

Assigned by: Song B, Palleroni NJ, Kerkhof LJ, Haggblom MM. Characterization of halobenzoate-degrading, denitrifying Azoarcus and Thauera isolates and description of Thauera chlorobenzoica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:589-602.

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Record number: 782462