Name: Pelobacter venetianus Schink and Stieb 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.ne.ti.a’nus. N.L. masc. adj. venetianus, pertaining to Venice, the origin of the type strain and the place where it was found in high numbers; from L. fem. n. Venetia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35615; DSM 2394; Gra PEG 1; NBRC 103809

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U41562 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B, Stieb M. Fermentative degradation of polyethylene glycol by a strictly anaerobic, gram-negative, nonsporeforming bacterium, Pelobacter venetianus sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 1983; 45:1905-1913.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Syntrophotalea venetiana (Schink and Stieb 1984) Waite et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Syntrophotalea venetiana (Schink and Stieb 1984) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pelobacter venetianus 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates with Pelobacter acetylenicus". 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.

Parent taxon: Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983

Assigned by: Schink B, Stieb M. Fermentative degradation of polyethylene glycol by a strictly anaerobic, gram-negative, nonsporeforming bacterium, Pelobacter venetianus sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 1983; 45:1905-1913.

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