Name: Propionivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.pi.o.ni.vi’bri.o. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic 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. Propionivibrio, the propionic acid vibrio

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Propionivibrion-), pro-pi-o-ni-WI-bri-o

Type species: Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus Tanaka et al. 1991

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tanaka K, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Fermentation of maleate by a gram-negative strictly anaerobic non-spore former, Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:323-328.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 37. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Propionibacter Meijer et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Brune et al. 2002 Brune A, Ludwig W, Schink B. Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:441-444. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 In the paper by Brune et al., Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus Tanaka et al. 1991 is erroneously cited as Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus Tanaka et al. 1990 (sic).

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01949 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; ATCC: 2; GDMCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 🧍 Validation of genus see erratum in validation list No. 41. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 41. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:327-328.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 37, the title of the Archives of Microbiology paper containing the original description of Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus is erroneously cited as "Fermentation of malate by..." in place of "Fermentation of maleate by..."according to the Deputy Managing Editor of IJSEM. — Dunford R. Personal communication, 2001-11-28. — 🧍 This genus name was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 37. The effective date of validation is that of List no. 37 (April 1991) according to the Deputy Managing Editor of IJSEM. — Dunford R. Personal communication, 2001-11-28.
  • 🧍 This genus name was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 37. The effective date of validation is that of list no. 37 (April 1991). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Propionivibrio aalborgensis" Albertsen et al. 2016	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus Tanaka et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Propionivibrio dominans" Petriglieri et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Propionivibrio limicola Brune et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionivibrio militaris Thrash et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionivibrio pelophilus (Meijer et al. 1999) Brune et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionivibrio soli Xie et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.

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