Name: Tolumonas auensis Fischer-Romero et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. auensis, of Lake Au, the first source of this organism

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 9187; NBRC 110442; TA 4; TA 4r

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Valid publication: Fischer-Romero C, Tindall BJ, Juttner F. Tolumonas auensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a toluene-producing bacterium from anoxic sediments of a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:183-188.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tolumonas Fischer-Romero et al. 1996. Publication: Fischer-Romero C, Tindall BJ, Juttner F. Tolumonas auensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a toluene-producing bacterium from anoxic sediments of a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:183-188.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Programme JBEI 2008. Publication: Chertkov O, Copeland A, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Berry KW, Detter JC, Del Rio TG, Hammon N, Dalin E, Tice H, et al. Complete genome sequence of Tolumonas auensis type strain (TA 4). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:112-120.

Parent taxon: Tolumonas Fischer-Romero et al. 1996

Assigned by: Fischer-Romero C, Tindall BJ, Juttner F. Tolumonas auensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a toluene-producing bacterium from anoxic sediments of a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:183-188.

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