Name: Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans Kunapuli et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.o.ma.ti’ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. aromaticus, aromatic, fragrant; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. aromaticivorans, devouring aromatic (compounds)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 19510; JCM 15765; UKTL

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU711071 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kunapuli U, Jahn MK, Lueders T, Geyer R, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:686-695.

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: synonym

Correct name: Paradesulfitobacterium aromaticivorans (Kunapuli et al. 2010) Li et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paradesulfitobacterium aromaticivorans (Kunapuli et al. 2010) Li et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfitobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfitobacterium Utkin et al. 1994

Assigned by: Kunapuli U, Jahn MK, Lueders T, Geyer R, Heipieper HJ, Meckenstock RU. Desulfitobacterium aromaticivorans sp. nov. and Geobacter toluenoxydans sp. nov., iron-reducing bacteria capable of anaerobic degradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:686-695.

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Record number: 786554