Name: Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban 2006

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: phen.o’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. phenol, common name for industrial solvent hydroxybenzene; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. phenolicus, pertaining to phenol

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 54936; DSM 16503; J; NRRL B-41076

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP804214 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rehfuss M, Urban J. Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus subsp. nov. a phenol-degrading, denitrifying bacterium isolated from a graywater bioprocessor. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:421-429.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcaligenes phenolicus (Rehfuss and Urban 2006) Machado et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rehfuss M, Urban J. Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus subsp. nov. a phenol-degrading, denitrifying bacterium isolated from a graywater bioprocessor. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:421-429.

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