Name: Propioniferax innocua (Pitcher and Collins 1992) Yokota et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1992

Etymology: in.no.cu.a. L. fem. adj. innocua, harmless

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49929; CCUG 33480; DSM 8251; JCM 13395; L60; LMG 16732; NCTC 11082

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF227165 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Weiss N, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1991 to Propioniferax gen. nov. as Propioniferax innocua comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:579-582.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propioniferax Yokota et al. 1994. Publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Weiss N, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1991 to Propioniferax gen. nov. as Propioniferax innocua comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:579-582.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Propioniferax Yokota et al. 1994

Assigned by: Yokota A, Tamura T, Takeuchi M, Weiss N, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1991 to Propioniferax gen. nov. as Propioniferax innocua comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:579-582.

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Record number: 779839