Name: Propionibacterium acidipropionici corrig. Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; N.L. gen. n. acidipropionici, of propionic acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25562; CIP 103025; DSM 4900

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16S rRNA gene: AY883042 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Orla-Jensen S. Die Hauptlinien des natürlichen Bakteriensystems. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1909; 22:305-346.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici (Orla-Jensen 1909) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici (Orla-Jensen 1909) Scholz and Kilian 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Propionibacterium acidipropionici is the correct name 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 Propionibacterium.
  • See also: Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet, acidi-propionici (sic), has been corrected by Farmer 1983 [1] and by Hill et al. 1984 [2]. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. Correction of four specific epithets that are hyphenated in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:425.
  • This corrigendum has been omitted from the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition) [3]. Publication: Euzéby JP. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1271-1272.

Parent taxon: Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Orla-Jensen S. Die Hauptlinien des natürlichen Bakteriensystems. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1909; 22:305-346.

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Record number: 779818