Name: Pelospora glutarica Matthies et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glu.ta’ri.ca. N.L. fem. adj. glutarica, referring to glutarate, as the key substrate of this species; from N.L. neut. n. acidum glutaricum, glutaric acid

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-162; DSM 6652; WoGl3

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16S rRNA gene: AJ251214 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Matthies C, Springer N, Ludwig W, Schink B. Pelospora glutarica gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutarate-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:645-648.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelospora Matthies et al. 2000. Publication: Matthies C, Springer N, Ludwig W, Schink B. Pelospora glutarica gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutarate-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:645-648.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as Syntrophomonas". 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: Pelospora Matthies et al. 2000

Assigned by: Matthies C, Springer N, Ludwig W, Schink B. Pelospora glutarica gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutarate-fermenting, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:645-648.

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