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

See detailed strain information at

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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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