Name: Propionibacterium microaerophilum Koussémon et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro.ae.ro’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. microaerophilum, slightly air-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 109962; CNCM I-2360; DSM 13435; M5; NCTC 13649

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF234623 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Koussemon M, Combet-Blanc Y, Patel BK, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Propionibacterium microaerophilum sp. nov., a microaerophilic bacterium isolated from olive mill wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1373-1382.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acidipropionibacterium microaerophilum (Koussémon et al. 2001) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidipropionibacterium microaerophilum (Koussémon et al. 2001) Scholz and Kilian 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Propionibacterium microaerophilum 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 Propionibacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 CNCM is solely set up to deal with deposits on a confidential basis (i.e. patent deposits under the Budapest Treaty). Strain CNCM I-2360 is probably a patent deposit. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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

Assigned by: Koussemon M, Combet-Blanc Y, Patel BK, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Propionibacterium microaerophilum sp. nov., a microaerophilic bacterium isolated from olive mill wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1373-1382.

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