Name: Syntrophomonas erecta Zhang et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.rec’ta. L. fem. part. adj. erecta, raised up, erected

Pronunciation, gender: e-REK-ta, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5013; DSM 16215; GB4-38

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16S rRNA gene: AY536889 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang C, Liu X, Dong X. Syntrophomonas erecta sp. nov., a novel anaerobe that syntrophically degrades short-chain fatty acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:799-803.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Wu et al. 2006 Wu C, Liu X, Dong X. Syntrophomonas erecta subsp. sporosyntropha subsp. nov., a spore-forming bacterium that degrades short chain fatty acids in co-culture with methanogens. Syst Appl Microbiol 2006; 29:457-462.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Syntrophomonas erecta subsp. erecta" (Zhang et al. 2005) Wu et al. 2006	not validly published	preferred name
    "Syntrophomonas erecta subsp. sporosyntropha" Wu et al. 2006	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982

Assigned by: Zhang C, Liu X, Dong X. Syntrophomonas erecta sp. nov., a novel anaerobe that syntrophically degrades short-chain fatty acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:799-803.

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