Name: Propionibacter pelophilus Meijer et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pelophilus, mud-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: asp 66; CIP 106101; DSM 12018

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF016690 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Meijer WG, Nienhuis-Kuiper ME, Hansen TA. Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of gram-negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1039-1044.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Propionivibrio pelophilus (Meijer et al. 1999) Brune et al. 2002

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Propionivibrio pelophilus (Meijer et al. 1999) Brune et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionibacter Meijer et al. 1999. Publication: Meijer WG, Nienhuis-Kuiper ME, Hansen TA. Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of gram-negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1039-1044.
  • ❗ Propionibacter pelophilus 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 Propionibacter.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Propionibacter Meijer et al. 1999

Assigned by: Meijer WG, Nienhuis-Kuiper ME, Hansen TA. Fermentative bacteria from estuarine mud: phylogenetic position of Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans and description of a new type of gram-negative, propionigenic bacterium as Propionibacter pelophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1039-1044.

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