Name: Syntrophobacter pfennigii Wallrabenstein et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pfen.ni’gi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. pfennigii, of Pfennig, named after Norbert Pfennig, a German microbiologist who contributed substantially to the understanding of syntrophic relationships and of the physiology of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 105305; DSM 10092; KoProp1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X82875 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wallrabenstein C, Hauschild E, Schink B. Syntrophobacter pfennigii sp. nov., new syntrophically propionate-oxidizing anaerobe growing in pure culture with propionate and sulfate. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 164:346-352.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 58. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:836-837.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Syntrophobacterium pfennigii" (Wallrabenstein et al. 1996) Galushko and Kuever 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984

Assigned by: Wallrabenstein C, Hauschild E, Schink B. Syntrophobacter pfennigii sp. nov., new syntrophically propionate-oxidizing anaerobe growing in pure culture with propionate and sulfate. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 164:346-352.

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Record number: 782348