Name: Propionispora vibrioides Biebl et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.bri.o.i’des. L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj. vibrioides, vibrio-shaped [probably better: vibrionoides]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pro-pi-o-NI-spo-ra wi-bri-o-I-des, feminine

Type strain: DSM 13305; FKBS1; JCM 17185

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16S rRNA gene: AJ279802 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Biebl H, Schwab-Hanisch H, Sproer C, Lunsdorf H. Propionispora vibrioides, nov. gen., nov. sp., a new gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that ferments sugar alcohols. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:239-247. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionispora Biebl et al. 2001. Publication: Biebl H, Schwab-Hanisch H, Sproer C, Lunsdorf H. Propionispora vibrioides, nov. gen., nov. sp., a new gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that ferments sugar alcohols. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:239-247. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Propionispora vibrioides Biebl et al. 2001 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Propionispora vibrioides Biebl et al. 2001 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Propionispora Biebl et al. 2001

Assigned by: Biebl H, Schwab-Hanisch H, Sproer C, Lunsdorf H. Propionispora vibrioides, nov. gen., nov. sp., a new gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that ferments sugar alcohols. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:239-247. 🇩🇪

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