Name: Propionigenium modestum Schink and Pfennig 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.des’tum. L. neut. adj. modestum, moderate, sober, referring to an extremely modest type of metabolism

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35614; DSM 2376; Gra Succ 2

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16S rRNA gene: X54275 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B, Pfennig N. Propionigenium modestum gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, nonsporing bacterium growing on succinate. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:209-216.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 12. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:896-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionigenium Schink and Pfennig 1983. Publication: Schink B, Pfennig N. Propionigenium modestum gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, nonsporing bacterium growing on succinate. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:209-216.
  • 😷 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 67 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Propionigenium Schink and Pfennig 1983

Assigned by: Schink B, Pfennig N. Propionigenium modestum gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, nonsporing bacterium growing on succinate. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:209-216.

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Record number: 779841