Name: Succinispira mobilis Janssen and O'Farrell 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MO-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: 19gly1; ATCC 700845; DSM 6222

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ006980 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Janssen PH, O'Farrell KA. Succinispira mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a succinate-decarboxylating anaerobic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1009-1013. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Succinispira Janssen and O'Farrell 1999. Publication: Janssen PH, O'Farrell KA. Succinispira mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a succinate-decarboxylating anaerobic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1009-1013. 🇦🇺
  • 😷 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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Succinispira Janssen and O'Farrell 1999

Assigned by: Janssen PH, O'Farrell KA. Succinispira mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a succinate-decarboxylating anaerobic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1009-1013. 🇦🇺

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