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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 3246; NBRC 103808; WoAcy1 DSM2348

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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