Name: Polaromonas hydrogenivorans Sizova and Panikov 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); from Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; L. pres. part. vorans, consuming; N.L. fem. part. adj. hydrogenivorans, hydrogen-consuming

Pronunciation, gender: hy-dro-ge-NI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17735; NRRL B-41369

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16S rRNA gene: DQ094183 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sizova M, Panikov N. Polaromonas hydrogenivorans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium from Alaskan soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:616-619.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Polaromonas Irgens et al. 1996

Assigned by: Sizova M, Panikov N. Polaromonas hydrogenivorans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium from Alaskan soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:616-619.

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Record number: 786057