Name: Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans Harwati et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: naph.tha.le.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. naphthalenum, naphthalene; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. naphthalenivorans, degrading naphthalene

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C02; DSM 19561; JCM 14838

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB302370 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:392-396.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009. Publication: Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:392-396.
  • 😷 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: Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009

Assigned by: Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:392-396.

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