Species Pelotomaculum propionicicum

Name: Pelotomaculum propionicicum Imachi et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.pi.o.ni’ci.cum. N.L. neut. adj. propionicicum, referring to the substrate propionic acid, which can be metabolized by the species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pe-lo-to-MA-ku-lum pro-pi-o-NI-ki-kum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 15578; JCM 11929; MGP

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16S rRNA gene: AB154390 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imachi H, Sakai S, Ohashi A, Harada H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Sekiguchi Y. Pelotomaculum propionicicum sp. nov., an anaerobic, mesophilic, obligately syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1487-1492. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The type strain is stored in the DSM and JCM culture collections as a defined co-culture with Methanospirillum hungatei. Publication: Ferry JG, Smith PH, Wolfe RS. Methanospirillum, a new genus of methanogenic bacteria, and characterization of Methanospirillum hungatei sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:465-469.

Parent taxon: Pelotomaculum Imachi et al. 2002

Assigned by: Imachi H, Sakai S, Ohashi A, Harada H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Sekiguchi Y. Pelotomaculum propionicicum sp. nov., an anaerobic, mesophilic, obligately syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1487-1492. 🇯🇵

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