Name: Phenylobacterium immobile Lingens et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: im.mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. immobile, immovable, nonmotile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35973; CIP 103305; DSM 1986; E; LMG 6165

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y18216 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lingens F, Blecher R, Blecher H, Blobel F, Eberspächer J, Fröhner C, Görisch H, Görisch H, Layh G. Phenylobacterium immobile gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative bacterium that degrades the herbicide chloridazon. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:26-39.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Phenylobacterium immobilis" Blecher et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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 Phenylobacterium Lingens et al. 1985. Publication: Lingens F, Blecher R, Blecher H, Blobel F, Eberspächer J, Fröhner C, Görisch H, Görisch H, Layh G. Phenylobacterium immobile gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative bacterium that degrades the herbicide chloridazon. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:26-39.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phenylobacterium Lingens et al. 1985

Assigned by: Lingens F, Blecher R, Blecher H, Blobel F, Eberspächer J, Fröhner C, Görisch H, Görisch H, Layh G. Phenylobacterium immobile gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative bacterium that degrades the herbicide chloridazon. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:26-39.

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