Species Clostridium propionicum

Name: Clostridium propionicum Cardon and Barker 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.pi.o’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. propionicum, pertaining to propionic acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25522; CCUG 9280; DSM 1682; JCM 1430; NCIB 10656; NCIMB 10656; VPI 5303

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16S rRNA gene: X77841 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cardon BP, Barker HA. Two New Amino-Acid-Fermenting Bacteria, Clostridium propionicum and Diplococcus glycinophilus. J Bacteriol 1946; 52:629-634.

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: synonym

Correct name: Anaerotignum propionicum (Cardon and Barker 1946) Ueki et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Tyzzerella propionica" (Cardon and Barker 1946) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Anaerotignum propionicum (Cardon and Barker 1946) Ueki et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Clostridium propionicum is the correct name 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 Clostridium.

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cardon BP, Barker HA. Two New Amino-Acid-Fermenting Bacteria, Clostridium propionicum and Diplococcus glycinophilus. J Bacteriol 1946; 52:629-634.

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Record number: 774956

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