Name: Propioniferax Yokota et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.pi.o.ni.fe.rax. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; L. adj. ferax, fertile; N.L. fem. n. Propioniferax, propionic acid-producing

Gender: feminine (stem: Propioniferac-)

Type species: Propioniferax innocua (Pitcher and Collins 1992) Yokota et al. 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Weiss N, 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pitcher DG, Collins MD. Phylogenetic analysis of some LL-diaminopimelic acid-containing coryneform bacteria from human skin: description of Propionibacterium innocuum sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1991; 68:295-300.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Propionifelux".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCTC: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1; LMG: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Propioniferax innocua (Pitcher and Collins 1992) Yokota et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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