Name: Syntrophus Mountfort et al. 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc./fem. n. syntrophos, having grown up with one, living with; N.L. masc. n. Syntrophus, one living syntrophically with another so that each produces a nutrient required by the other

Gender: masculine (stem: Syntroph-)

Type species: Syntrophus buswellii Mountfort et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mountfort DO, Brulla WJ, Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophus buswellii gen. nov., sp. nov.: a benzoate catabolizer from methanogenic ecosystems. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:216-217.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Syntrophaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Syntrophaceae 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. 1033.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Syntrophales Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Symrophus"; "Syntropus".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1; CIP: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SNTF" 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Syntrophus aciditrophicus Jackson et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Syntrophus buswellii Mountfort et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Syntrophus gentianae Wallrabenstein et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Syntrophaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Syntrophaceae 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. 1033.

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