Name: Zoogloea oleivorans Farkas et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.i.vo’rans. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. oleivorans, capable of utilizing oil (hydrocarbons)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Buc; DSM 28387; NCAIM B.02570

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF667502 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Farkas M, Tancsics A, Kriszt B, Benedek T, Toth EM, Keki Z, Veres PG, Szoboszlay S. Zoogloea oleivorans sp. nov., a floc-forming, petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:274-279.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10969 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Zoogloea Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Farkas M, Tancsics A, Kriszt B, Benedek T, Toth EM, Keki Z, Veres PG, Szoboszlay S. Zoogloea oleivorans sp. nov., a floc-forming, petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:274-279.

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Record number: 792412