Genus Syntrophococcus
Name: Syntrophococcus Krumholz and Bryant 1986
Etymology: Gr. prep. sun, together with; Gr. n. trophos, feeder, rearer; M.L. masc. n. coccus, a grain, berry; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos; N.L. masc. n. Syntrophococcus, coccus which feeds together with (another species)
Type species: Syntrophococcus sucromutans Krumholz and Bryant 1986
Effective publication: Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophococcus sucromutans sp. nov. gen. nov. uses carbohydrates as electron donors and formate, methoxymonobenzoids or Methanobrevibacter as electron acceptor systems. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 143:313-318.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 21. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:489. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Syntrophococcus sucromutans Krumholz and Bryant 1986 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by: Rainey FA. Family V. Lachnospiraceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 921.
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