Name: Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus Rabold et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.ni.to.li.pha.gus. N.L. neut. n. mannitol, mannitol; Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat; N.L. masc. adj. mannitoliphagus, consuming mannitol

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1228; DSM 18266; VKM B-2393; WS

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ971090 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rabold S, Gorlenko VM, Imhoff JF. Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from the White Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1945-1951.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07375 (N = 9).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Assigned by: Rabold S, Gorlenko VM, Imhoff JF. Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus sp. nov., a purple sulfur bacterium from the White Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1945-1951.

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Record number: 785328