Name: Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus Tanaka et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.car.bo.xy’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. acidum dicarboxilicum, dicarboxylic acid; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. dicarboxylicus, pertaining to dicarboxylic acid

Pronunciation, gender: di-kar-bo-XY-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: CreMal1; DSM 5885; JCM 12339; JCM 7784

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16S rRNA gene: Y17601 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tanaka K, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Fermentation of maleate by a gram-negative strictly anaerobic non-spore former, Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:323-328.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 37. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991. Publication: Tanaka K, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Fermentation of maleate by a gram-negative strictly anaerobic non-spore former, Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:323-328.
  • 😷 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 37, according to the Deputy Managing Editor of IJSEM, the title of the Archives of Microbiology paper containing the original description of Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus is erroneously cited as "Fermentation of malate by..." in place of "Fermentation of maleate by...". — Dunford R. Personal communication, 2001-11-28. — 🧍 In Validation List no. 37, the title of the Archives of Microbiology paper containing the original description of Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus is erroneously cited as "Fermentation of malate by..." in place of "Fermentation of maleate by..." according to the Deputy Managing Editor of IJSEM. — Dunford R. Personal communication, 2001-11-28.

Parent taxon: Propionivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991

Assigned by: Tanaka K, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Fermentation of maleate by a gram-negative strictly anaerobic non-spore former, Propionivibrio dicarboxylicus gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:323-328.

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