Name: Propionicicella superfundia Bae et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.per.fun.di.a. L. prep. super, above/on top; L. masc. n. fundus, land owned by someone; L. masc. adj. suff. -ius, indicating the meaning of "belonging to"; N.L. fem. adj. superfundia, referring to land designated as an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1218; BL-10; DSM 22317; JCM 14922; LMG 23096

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ176646 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bae HS, Moe WM, Yan J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Propionicicella superfundia gen. nov., sp. nov., a chlorosolvent-tolerant propionate-forming, facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:404-413.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 111. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2025-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionicicella Bae et al. 2006. Publication: Bae HS, Moe WM, Yan J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Propionicicella superfundia gen. nov., sp. nov., a chlorosolvent-tolerant propionate-forming, facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:404-413.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Propionicicella Bae et al. 2006

Assigned by: Bae HS, Moe WM, Yan J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Rainey FA. Propionicicella superfundia gen. nov., sp. nov., a chlorosolvent-tolerant propionate-forming, facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from contaminated groundwater. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:404-413.

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