Name: Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pent.a.ro.ma.ti.vo’rans. Gr. num. pente, five; L. neut. n. aroma (gen. aromatis), spice; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. fem. part. adj. pentaromativorans, degrading/devouring aromatic compounds with five rings

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 7479; CEE_131; DSM 21945

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM955224 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rodriguez-Blanco A, Vetion G, Escande ML, Delille D, Ghiglione JF. Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:504-509.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010. Publication: Rodriguez-Blanco A, Vetion G, Escande ML, Delille D, Ghiglione JF. Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:504-509.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gallaecimonas Rodríguez-Blanco et al. 2010

Assigned by: Rodriguez-Blanco A, Vetion G, Escande ML, Delille D, Ghiglione JF. Gallaecimonas pentaromativorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium carrying 16S rRNA gene heterogeneity and able to degrade high-molecular-mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:504-509.

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