Name: Propionibacterium thoenii van Niel 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thoe’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. thoenii, of Thöni, named after J. Thöni, the Swedish bacteriologist who first isolated this organism

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 4874; CCUG 28149; CIP 103029; DSM 20276; HAMBI 247; JCM 6437; LMG 16455

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ704572 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Van N. The propionic acid bacteria. Uitgeverszaak and Boissevain and Co., Haarlem, Holland, 1928.

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 thoenii (van Niel 1928) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidipropionibacterium thoenii (van Niel 1928) Scholz and Kilian 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Propionibacterium thoenii 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 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 31 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Van N. The propionic acid bacteria. Uitgeverszaak and Boissevain and Co., Haarlem, Holland, 1928.

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Record number: 779836