Name: Anaerovibrio glycerini Schauder and Schink 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AJ010960 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schauder R, Schink B. Anaerovibrio glycerini sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium fermenting glycerol to propionate, cell matter, and hydrogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 152:473-478.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 57. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:625-626.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anaerosinus glycerini (Schauder and Schink 1996) Strömpl et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Anaerovibrio glycerini is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Anaerovibrio.
  • 😷 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Anaerovibrio Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schauder R, Schink B. Anaerovibrio glycerini sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium fermenting glycerol to propionate, cell matter, and hydrogen. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 152:473-478.

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