Name: Syntrophococcus sucromutans Krumholz and Bryant 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.cro.mu.tans. French masc. n. sucre, sugar; L. pres. part. mutans, altering, changing, converting; N.L. part. adj. sucromutans, converting sugar

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43584; DSM 3224; S195

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16S rRNA gene: AF202264 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophococcus sucromutans sp. nov. gen. nov. uses carbohydrates as electron donors and formate, methoxymonobenzenoids or Methanobrevibacter as electron acceptor systems. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 143:313-318.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 21. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:489.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Syntrophococcus Krumholz and Bryant 1986. Publication: Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophococcus sucromutans sp. nov. gen. nov. uses carbohydrates as electron donors and formate, methoxymonobenzenoids or Methanobrevibacter as electron acceptor systems. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 143:313-318.
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Syntrophococcus Krumholz and Bryant 1986

Assigned by: Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophococcus sucromutans sp. nov. gen. nov. uses carbohydrates as electron donors and formate, methoxymonobenzenoids or Methanobrevibacter as electron acceptor systems. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 143:313-318.

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Record number: 782353