Name: Tolumonas lignilytica corrig. Billings et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lig.ni.ly’ti.ca. L. neut. n. lignum, wood; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, loosening, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. lignilytica, splitting lignin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-11; BRL 6-1; DSM 100457

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AZUK01000001 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Billings AF, Fortney JL, Hazen TC, Simmons B, Davenport KW, Goodwin L, Ivanova N, Kyrpides NC, Mavromatis K, Woyke T, et al. Genome sequence and description of the anaerobic lignin-degrading bacterium Tolumonas lignolytica sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:106.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tolumonas lignolytica Billings et al. 2016	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Epithet and etymology corrected on validation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, lignolytica (sic), has been corrected on validation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Parent taxon: Tolumonas Fischer-Romero et al. 1996

Assigned by: Billings AF, Fortney JL, Hazen TC, Simmons B, Davenport KW, Goodwin L, Ivanova N, Kyrpides NC, Mavromatis K, Woyke T, et al. Genome sequence and description of the anaerobic lignin-degrading bacterium Tolumonas lignolytica sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:106.

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