Name: Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus (Zhang et al. 1994) Breitenstein et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum Zhang et al. 1994

Etymology: hy.dro.xy.ben.zo’i.cus. N.L. neut. n. acidum hydroxybenzoicum, hydroxybenzoic acid; N.L. masc. adj. hydroxybenzoicus, pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid, referring to the characteristic feature of this organism, the reversible decarboxylation of 4-hydroxybenzoate and 3, 4-dibydroxybenzoate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51151; DSM 7310; JW/Z-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L11305 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Breitenstein A, Wiegel J, Haertig C, Weiss N, Andreesen JR, Lechner U. Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:801-807.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum Zhang et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sedimentibacter Breitenstein et al. 2002. Publication: Breitenstein A, Wiegel J, Haertig C, Weiss N, Andreesen JR, Lechner U. Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:801-807.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sedimentibacter Breitenstein et al. 2002

Assigned by: Breitenstein A, Wiegel J, Haertig C, Weiss N, Andreesen JR, Lechner U. Reclassification of Clostridium hydroxybenzoicum as Sedimentibacter hydroxybenzoicus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Sedimentibacter saalensis sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:801-807.

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