Name: Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR727679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lucena T, Pujalte MJ, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR. Tropicibacter multivorans sp. nov., an aerobic alphaproteobacterium isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:844-848. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Epibacterium multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tropicibacter multivorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tropicibacter.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009

Assigned by: Lucena T, Pujalte MJ, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR. Tropicibacter multivorans sp. nov., an aerobic alphaproteobacterium isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:844-848. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 789798