Name: Anaerovibrio lipolyticus corrig. Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.po.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. lipos, fat; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. lipolyticus, fat-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33276; CIP 105407; DSM 3074; VPI 7553

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB034191 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hungate RE. The Rumen and its Microbes. Academic Press, New York, 1966.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anaerovibrio lipolytica Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerovibrio Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hungate RE. The Rumen and its Microbes. Academic Press, New York, 1966.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 49:1870; Anaerovibrio lipolytica (sic). 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 original spelling of the specific epithet, lipolytica (sic) has been corrected by 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.

Parent taxon: Anaerovibrio Hungate 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hungate RE. The Rumen and its Microbes. Academic Press, New York, 1966.

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