Name: Propionivibrio limicola Brune et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, mud; L. inf. v. colere, to inhabit; N.L. masc./fem. n. limicola, living in mud

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-290; DSM 6832; GolChi1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ307983 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brune A, Ludwig W, Schink B. Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:441-444.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet limicola is a Neo Latin noun not a Neo Latin adjective as cited in the paper by Brune et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Propionivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991

Assigned by: Brune A, Ludwig W, Schink B. Propionivibrio limicola sp. nov., a fermentative bacterium specialized in the degradation of hydroaromatic compounds, reclassification of Propionibacter pelophilus as Propionivibrio pelophilus comb. nov. and amended description of the genus Propionivibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:441-444.

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Record number: 779848