Name: Anaerotignum aminivorans Ueki et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.ni.vo’rans. N.L. fem. n. amina, amine; L. inf. v. vorare, devour, to eat; N.L. neut. part. adj. aminivorans, amino acid-consuming bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 103575; JCM 31556; SH021

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16S rRNA gene: AB298756 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ueki A, Goto K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Description of Anaerotignum aminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum and Clostridium lactatifermentans as species of the genus Anaerotignum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4146-4153.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerotignum Ueki et al. 2017. Publication: Ueki A, Goto K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Description of Anaerotignum aminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum and Clostridium lactatifermentans as species of the genus Anaerotignum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4146-4153.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Anaerotignum Ueki et al. 2017

Assigned by: Ueki A, Goto K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Description of Anaerotignum aminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum and Clostridium lactatifermentans as species of the genus Anaerotignum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4146-4153.

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