Name: Pelobacter acetylenicus Schink 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce.ty.le’ni.cus. N.L. neut. n. acetylenum, acetylene; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. acetylenicus, referring to acetylene utilization

Pronunciation, gender: a-ke-ty-LE-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 3246; NBRC 103808; WoAcy1 DSM2348

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16S rRNA gene: X70955 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B. Fermentation of acetylene by an obligate anaerobe, Pelobacter acetylenicus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1985; 142:295-301.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Syntrophotalea acetylenica (Schink 1986) Waite et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Syntrophotalea acetylenica (Schink 1986) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pelobacter acetylenicus 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 Pelobacter.
  • 😷 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. — 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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates way from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus together with P. venetianus and P. carbinolyticus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Schink 1986 the type strain DSM 3246 is incorrectly cited as DSM 2348. — Schink B. Personal communication, unspecified date.

Parent taxon: Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983

Assigned by: Schink B. Fermentation of acetylene by an obligate anaerobe, Pelobacter acetylenicus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1985; 142:295-301.

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