Name: Propionigenium maris Janssen and Liesack 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’ris. L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), the sea; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea, referring to the tidal mat flats from which this organism was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 10succ1; DSM 9537

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84049 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Janssen PH, Liesack W. Succinate decarboxylation by Propionigenium maris sp. nov., a new anaerobic bacterium from an estuarine sediment. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:29-35.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Watson et al. 2000 Watson J, Matsui GY, Leaphart A, Wiegel J, Rainey FA, Lovell CR. Reductively debrominating strains of Propionigenium maris from burrows of bromophenol-producing marine infauna. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1035-1042. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Propionigenium Schink and Pfennig 1983

Assigned by: Janssen PH, Liesack W. Succinate decarboxylation by Propionigenium maris sp. nov., a new anaerobic bacterium from an estuarine sediment. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:29-35.

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