Genus Syntrophobotulus
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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).
Syntrophobotulus Friedrich et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Syntrophobotulus glycolicus Friedrich et al. 1996.
Etymology: Gr. adj. suntrophos, having grown up with one; L. masc. n. botulus, sausage; N.L. masc. n. Syntrophobotulus, a syntrophic, sausage-like bacterium.
Valid publication: FRIEDRICH (M.), SPRINGER (N.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Phylogenetic positions of Desulfofustis glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Syntrophobotulus glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., two new strict anaerobes growing with glycolic acid. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1065-1069.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Syntrophobotulus glycolicus Friedrich et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FlGlyR = DSM 8271.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP002547 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum glycolicum, glycolic acid; N.L. masc. adj. glycolicus, referring to glycolic acid, the key substrate of this species.
Valid publication: FRIEDRICH (M.), SPRINGER (N.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Phylogenetic positions of Desulfofustis glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Syntrophobotulus glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., two new strict anaerobes growing with glycolic acid. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1065-1069.
Original article in IJSEM Online