Name: Syntrophomonas wolfei McInerney et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wol.fe’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wolfei, of Wolfe, to honor Ralph S. Wolfe for his devotion towards the understanding of the biology of anaerobic bacteria

Pronunciation, gender: wol-FE-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 102351; DSM 2245; Goettingen G311; Göttingen G311; the same strain grown in coculture with the type strain of Methanospirillum hungatei, strain DSM 864

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16S rRNA gene: CP000448 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McInerney MJ, Bryant MP, Hespell RB, Costerton JW. Syntrophomonas wolfei gen. nov. sp. nov., an Anaerobic, Syntrophic, Fatty Acid-Oxidizing Bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1981; 41:1029-1039.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Lorowitz et al. 1989 Lorowitz WH, Zhao H, Bryant MP. Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. saponavida subsp. nov., a long-chain fatty-acid-degrading, anaerobic, syntrophic bacterium. Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. wolfei subsp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus and species. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:122-126.
  • Wu et al. 2007 Wu C, Dong X, Liu X. Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. methylbutyratica subsp. nov., and assignment of Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. saponavida to Syntrophomonas saponavida sp. nov. comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:376-380.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982. Publication: McInerney MJ, Bryant MP, Hespell RB, Costerton JW. Syntrophomonas wolfei gen. nov. sp. nov., an Anaerobic, Syntrophic, Fatty Acid-Oxidizing Bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1981; 41:1029-1039.
  • 😷 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". — 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 50 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The original type strain designations are DSM 2245A and DSM 2245B (DSM 2245A = strain Göttingen G311 grown in coculture with Desulfovibrio sp. strain G-11 with sulfate in the medium; DSM 2245B = strain Göttingen G311 grown in coculture with the type strain of Methanospirillum hungatei, strain DSM 864). — 🧍 The original type strain designations are DSM 2245A = strain Göttingen G311 grown in coculture with Desulfovibrio sp. strain G-11 with sulfate in the medium; DSM 2245B = strain Göttingen G311 grown in coculture with the typ. Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. methylbutyratica" Wu et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. saponavida Lorowitz et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. wolfei (McInerney et al. 1982) Lorowitz et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982

Assigned by: McInerney MJ, Bryant MP, Hespell RB, Costerton JW. Syntrophomonas wolfei gen. nov. sp. nov., an Anaerobic, Syntrophic, Fatty Acid-Oxidizing Bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1981; 41:1029-1039.

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Record number: 785042