Name: Pelotomaculum schinkii de Bok et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: schin’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. schinkii, named after Bernhard Schink, who studied several syntrophic conversions. The first spore-forming syntrophic bacterium, Syntrophospora bryantii, was isolated by his group

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-615; DSM 15200; HH

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16S rRNA gene: X91170 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: de Bok FA, Harmsen HJ, Plugge CM, de Vries MC, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM, Stams AJ. The first true obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium, Pelotomaculum schinkii sp. nov., co-cultured with Methanospirillum hungatei, and emended description of the genus Pelotomaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1697-1703.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pelotomaculum Imachi et al. 2002

Assigned by: de Bok FA, Harmsen HJ, Plugge CM, de Vries MC, Akkermans AD, de Vos WM, Stams AJ. The first true obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium, Pelotomaculum schinkii sp. nov., co-cultured with Methanospirillum hungatei, and emended description of the genus Pelotomaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1697-1703.

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