Name: Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012

Etymology: mul.ti’vo.rans. L. masc. adj. multus, many, numerous; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour, swallow; N.L. masc. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many, referring to the utilization of numerous different substrates for growth

Pronunciation, gender: mul-TI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: CECT 7557; DSM 26470; KCTC 23350; MD5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR727679 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Epibacterium multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00739 (N = 119).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11121