Name: Prosthecomicrobium pneumaticum Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pneu.ma.ti.cum. L. neut. adj. pneumaticum, inflated, containing gas vacuoles; from Gr. neut. adj. pneumatikon, of the nature of wind or air

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23633; DSM 8972; VKM B-1389

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB017203 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Staley JT. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1921-1942.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Staley JT. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1921-1942.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Staley JT. Prosthecomicrobium and Ancalomicrobium: new prosthecate freshwater bacteria. J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1921-1942.

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Record number: 779862