Name: Syntrophospora Zhao et al. 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Syn.tro.pho’spo.ra. Gr. prep. syn, in company with, together with; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, one who feeds; Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore (from Gr. spora, a seed); N.L. fem. n. Syntrophospora, a spore former which feeds together with (another species)

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Syntrophospor-), syn-tro-P^HO-spo-ra

Type species: Syntrophospora bryantii (Stieb and Schink 1985) Zhao et al. 1990

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao HX, Yang DC, Woese CR, Bryant MP. Assignment of Clostridium bryantii to Syntrophospora bryantii gen. nov., comb. nov. on the basis of a 16S rRNA sequence analysis of its crotonate-grown pure culture. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:40-44.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stieb M, Schink B. Anaerobic oxidation of fatty acids by Clostridium bryantii sp. nov., a sporeforming, obligately syntrophic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1985; 140:387-390.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982. Publication: Wu C, Liu X, Dong X. Syntrophomonas cellicola sp. nov., a spore-forming syntrophic bacterium isolated from a distilled-spirit-fermenting cellar, and assignment of Syntrophospora bryantii to Syntrophomonas bryantii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2331-2335.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Synrrophospora"; "Synthrophospora".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SRSP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    Syntrophospora bryantii (Stieb and Schink 1985) Zhao et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Syntrophomonadaceae Zhao et al. 1993

Assigned by: Zhao H, Yang D, Woese CR, Bryant MP. Assignment of fatty acid-beta-oxidizing syntrophic bacteria to Syntrophomonadaceae fam. nov. on the basis of 16S rRNA sequence analyses. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:278-286.

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