Name: Tolumonas lignilytica corrig. Billings et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: li-n͡gni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

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

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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. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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