Name: Propionicimonas paludicola Akasaka et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lu.di’co.la. L. fem. n. palus (gen. paludis), swamp, marsh; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, derived from incola inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. paludicola, an inhabitant of swamps

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15597; JCM 11933; Wd

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB078858 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Akasaka H, Ueki A, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ueki K. Propionicimonas paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1991-1998.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionicimonas Akasaka et al. 2003. Publication: Akasaka H, Ueki A, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ueki K. Propionicimonas paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1991-1998.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Propionicimonas Akasaka et al. 2003

Assigned by: Akasaka H, Ueki A, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Ueki K. Propionicimonas paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively anaerobic, Gram-positive, propionate-producing bacterium isolated from plant residue in irrigated rice-field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1991-1998.

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