Name: Phascolarctobacterium succinatutens Watanabe et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: suc.ci.nat.u.tens. N.L. masc. n. succinas (gen. succinatis), succinate; L. v. utor, to make use of; N.L. part. adj. succinatutens, using succinate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 22533; JCM 16074; YIT 12067

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB490811 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watanabe Y, Nagai F, Morotomi M. Characterization of Phascolarctobacterium succinatutens sp. nov., an asaccharolytic, succinate-utilizing bacterium isolated from human feces. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:511-518.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06655 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 22 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Phascolarctobacterium Del Dot et al. 1994

Assigned by: Watanabe Y, Nagai F, Morotomi M. Characterization of Phascolarctobacterium succinatutens sp. nov., an asaccharolytic, succinate-utilizing bacterium isolated from human feces. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:511-518.

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