Name: Anaerosinus glycerini (Schauder and Schink 1996) Strömpl et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Anaerovibrio glycerini Schauder and Schink 1996

Etymology: gly.ce.ri’ni. N.L. neut. n. glycerinum, glycerine, glycerol; N.L. gen. neut. n. glycerini, of glycerol, referring to utilization of glycerol as sole substrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51177; CIP 105408; DSM 5192; LGS 4

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16S rRNA gene: AJ010960 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Strompl C, Tindall BJ, Jarvis GN, Lunsdorf H, Moore ER, Hippe H. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Anaerovibrio, with the reclassification of Anaerovibrio glycerini as Anaerosinus glycerini gen. nov., comb. nov., and Anaerovibrio burkinabensis as Anaeroarcus burkinensis [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1861-1872.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anaerovibrio glycerini Schauder and Schink 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999. Publication: Strompl C, Tindall BJ, Jarvis GN, Lunsdorf H, Moore ER, Hippe H. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Anaerovibrio, with the reclassification of Anaerovibrio glycerini as Anaerosinus glycerini gen. nov., comb. nov., and Anaerovibrio burkinabensis as Anaeroarcus burkinensis [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1861-1872.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Strömpl et al. 1999, the basonym is incorrectly cited as Anaerovibrio glycerini Schauder and Schink 1989 (sic) and Anaerosinus glycerini is incorrectly cited as Anaerosinus glycerini (Schauder and Schink 1989 [sic]) Strömpl et al. 1999. Publication: Schauder R, Schink B. Anaerovibrio glycerini sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium fermenting glycerol to propionate, cell mater, and hydrogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 152:473-478.

Parent taxon: Anaerosinus Strömpl et al. 1999

Assigned by: Strompl C, Tindall BJ, Jarvis GN, Lunsdorf H, Moore ER, Hippe H. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the genus Anaerovibrio, with the reclassification of Anaerovibrio glycerini as Anaerosinus glycerini gen. nov., comb. nov., and Anaerovibrio burkinabensis as Anaeroarcus burkinensis [corrig.] gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1861-1872.

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