Name: Actinobacillus succinogenes Guettler et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: suc.ci.no’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. succinogenes, succinic-acid-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 130Z; ATCC 55618; CCUG 43843; CIP 106512; DSM 22257

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF024525 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Guettler MV, Rumler D, Jain MK. Actinobacillus succinogenes sp. nov., a novel succinic-acid-producing strain from the bovine rumen. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:207-216.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.16630 (N = 31).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 162 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guettler MV, Rumler D, Jain MK. Actinobacillus succinogenes sp. nov., a novel succinic-acid-producing strain from the bovine rumen. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:207-216.

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