Genus Succinimonas
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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).
Succinimonas Bryant et al. 1958, genus.
Type species: ¤ Succinimonas amylolytica Bryant et al. 1958 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Succinimonas, succinic acid monad.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: BRYANT (M.P.), SMALL (N.), BOUMA (C.) and CHU (H.): Bacteroides ruminicola n. sp. and the new genus and species Succinimonas amylolytica. Species of succinic acid-producing anaerobic bacteria of the bovine rumen. Journal of Bacteriology, 1958, 76, 15-23.
Succinimonas amylolytica Bryant et al. 1958, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19206= DSM 2873.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y17599.
Etymology: Gr. n. amulon, starch; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lutikê), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch dissolving.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: BRYANT (M.P.), SMALL (N.), BOUMA (C.) and CHU (H.): Bacteroides ruminicola n. sp. and the new genus and species Succinimonas amylolytica. Species of succinic acid-producing anaerobic bacteria of the bovine rumen. Journal of Bacteriology, 1958, 76, 15-23.