Name: Propionimicrobium Stackebrandt et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.pi.o.ni.mi.cro.bi.um. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Propionimicrobium, propionic acid-producing microbe

Gender: neuter (stem: Propionimicrobi-)

Type species: Propionimicrobium lymphophilum (Torrey 1916) Stackebrandt et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Schaal KP, Weiss N. Propionimicrobium gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Propionibacterium lymphophilum (Torrey 1916) Johnson and Cummins 1972, 1057AL as Propionimicrobium lymphophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1925-1927.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Johnson JL, Cummins CS. Cell wall composition and deoxyribonucleic acid similarities among the anaerobic coryneforms, classical propionibacteria, and strains of Arachnia propionica. J Bacteriol 1972; 109:1047-1066.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Torrey JC. Bacteria associated with certain types of abnormal Lymph Glands. J Med Res 1916; 34:65-80.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10829 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCTC: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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
    Propionimicrobium lymphophilum (Torrey 1916) Stackebrandt et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.

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