Genus Sporotomaculum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Sporotomaculum Brauman et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum Brauman et al. 1998.
Etymology: N.L. n. spora (from Gr. n. spora, seed), spore; L. n. tomaculum, sausage; N.L. neut. n. Sporotomaculum, a spore forming sausage-shaped organism.
Valid publication: BRAUMAN (A.), MÜLLER (J.A.), GARCIA (J.L.), BRUNE (A.) and SCHINK (B.): Fermentative degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate in pure culture by a novel strictly anaerobic bacterium, Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 215-221.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum Brauman et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BT = ATCC 700645= DSM 5475.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y14845.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. hydroxybenzoicum, referring to hydroxybenzoic acid which is used as sole carbon and energy source.
Valid publication: BRAUMAN (A.), MÜLLER (J.A.), GARCIA (J.L.), BRUNE (A.) and SCHINK (B.): Fermentative degradation of 3-hydroxybenzoate in pure culture by a novel strictly anaerobic bacterium, Sporotomaculum hydroxybenzoicum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 215-221.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sporotomaculum syntrophicum Qiu et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FB = DSM 14795 = JCM 11495.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB076610.
Etymology: Gr. adj. suntrophos, having grown up with one; L. neut. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. syntrophicum, pertaining to syntrophic substrate utilization.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 92. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 935-937.
Effective publication: QIU (Y.L.), SEKIGUCHI (Y.), IMACHI (H.), KAMAGATA (Y.), TSENG (I.C.), CHENG (S.S.), OHASHI (A.) and HARADA (H.): Sporotomaculum syntrophicum sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, syntrophic benzoate-degrading bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge treating wastewater from terephthalate manufacturing. Arch. Microbiol., 2003, 179, 242-249.
Validation List no. 92 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In the effective publication the strain JCM 11495 is erroneously cited as JCM 11475.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 92 (footnote #). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 935-937.
Validation List no. 92 in IJSEM Online