Genus Propionibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Propionibacter Meijer et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Propionibacter pelophilus Meijer et al. 1999.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Propionibacter, propionic acid rod.
Valid publication: MEIJER (W.G.), NIENHUIS-KUIPER (M.E.) and HANSEN (T.A.): Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of Gram-negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1039-1044.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Propionivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991 emend. Brune et al. 2002.
Note: Brune et al. 2002 propose to transfer ¤ Propionibacter pelophilus Meijer et al. 1999 (the type species of the genus Propionibacter) to the genus ¤ Propionivibrio as ¤ Propionivibrio pelophilus (Meijer et al. 1999) Brune et al. 2002, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Propionibacter to ¤ Propionivibrio.
Reference: BRUNE (A.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivibrio. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 441-444.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Propionibacter pelophilus Meijer et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) asp 66 = CIP 106101 = DSM 12018.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF016690.
Etymology: Gr. n. pêlos, mud, mire; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pelophilus, mud-loving.
Valid publication: MEIJER (W.G.), NIENHUIS-KUIPER (M.E.) and HANSEN (T.A.): Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of Gram-negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol, 1999, 49, 1039-1044.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Propionivibrio pelophilus (Meijer et al. 1999) Brune et al. 2002, comb. nov.