Name: Desulfurella propionica Miroshnichenko et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.pi.o’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. propionica, propionate-utilizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700656; DSM 10410; U-8

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16S rRNA gene: Y16942 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:475-479.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. Desulfurella propionica is cited as Desulfurella propionica Miroshnichenko 1996! Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 In the description (IJSB 48:479), erroneously, Miroshnichenko 1996 is cited. Publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:475-479.

Parent taxon: Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:475-479.

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