Name: Syntrophomonas sapovorans Roy et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.po.vo.rans. M.L. masc. n. sapo (gen. saponis), soap; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. sapovorans, devouring soap (i.e., long-chain fatty acids)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 3441; OM

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16S rRNA gene: AF022249 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roy F, Samain E, Dubourguier HC, Albagnac G. Synthrophomonas [sic] sapovorans sp. nov., a new obligately proton reducing anaerobe oxidizing saturated and unsaturated long chain fatty acids. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 145:142-147.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982

Assigned by: Roy F, Samain E, Dubourguier HC, Albagnac G. Synthrophomonas [sic] sapovorans sp. nov., a new obligately proton reducing anaerobe oxidizing saturated and unsaturated long chain fatty acids. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 145:142-147.

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Record number: 782357