Name: Alcanivorax xenomutans Rahul et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xe.no.mu’tans. Gr. masc. n. xenos, foreign; L. pres. part. mutans, transforming, converting; N.L. part. adj. xenomutans, transforming foreign (xenobiotic) compounds

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JC109; KCTC 23751; NBRC 108843

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE601937 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rahul K, Sasikala Ch, Tushar L, Debadrita R, Ramana ChV. Alcanivorax xenomutans sp. nov., a hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium isolated from a shrimp cultivation pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3553-3558.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloalcanivorax xenomutans (Rahul et al. 2014) Rai et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Assigned by: Rahul K, Sasikala Ch, Tushar L, Debadrita R, Ramana ChV. Alcanivorax xenomutans sp. nov., a hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium isolated from a shrimp cultivation pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3553-3558.

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Record number: 792227