Genus Succinivibrio
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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).
Succinivibrio Bryant and Small 1956, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Succinivibrionaceae Hippe et al. 1999).
Type species: ¤ Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens Bryant and Small 1956 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Succinivibrio, the succinic acid vibrio.
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.) and SMALL (N.): Characteristics of two new genera of anaerobic curved rods isolated from the rumen of cattle. Journal of Bacteriology, 1956, 72, 22-26.
Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens Bryant and Small 1956, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 19716= DSM 3072.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y17600.
Etymology: N.L. n. dextrinum, dextrin; L. part. adj. solvens, dissolving; N.L. part. adj. dextrinosolvens, dextrin-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.) and SMALL (N.): Characteristics of two new genera of anaerobic curved rods isolated from the rumen of cattle. Journal of Bacteriology, 1956, 72, 22-26.