Genus Propioniferax
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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).
Propioniferax Yokota et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Propioniferax innocua (Pitcher and Collins 1992) Yokota et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; L. adj. ferax fertile; N.L. fem. n. propioniferax, propionic acid-producing.
Valid publication: YOKOTA (A.), TAMURA (T.), TAKEUCHI (M.), WEISS (N.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1991 to Propioniferax gen. nov. as Propioniferax innocua comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 579-582.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Propioniferax innocua (Pitcher and Collins 1992) Yokota et al. 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) L60 = ATCC 49929= CCUG 33480 = DSM 8251 = JCM 13395 = LMG 16732 = NCTC 11082.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF227165.
Basonym: ¤ Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1992.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. innocua, harmless.
Valid publication: YOKOTA (A.), TAMURA (T.), TAKEUCHI (M.), WEISS (N.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Transfer of Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1991 to Propioniferax gen. nov. as Propioniferax innocua comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 579-582.
Original article in IJSEM Online