Name: Syntrophomonas palmitatica Hatamoto et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pal.mi.ta’ti.ca. N.L. masc. n. palmitas (gen. palmitatis), palmitate; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. palmitatica, belonging to palmitate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18709; JCM 14374; MPA; NBRC 102128

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16S rRNA gene: AB274040 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hatamoto M, Imachi H, Fukayo S, Ohashi A, Harada H. Syntrophomonas palmitatica sp. nov., an anaerobic, syntrophic, long-chain fatty-acid-oxidizing bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2137-2142.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982

Assigned by: Hatamoto M, Imachi H, Fukayo S, Ohashi A, Harada H. Syntrophomonas palmitatica sp. nov., an anaerobic, syntrophic, long-chain fatty-acid-oxidizing bacterium isolated from methanogenic sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2137-2142.

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Record number: 786699