Name: Syntrophomonas zehnderi Sousa et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zehn’de.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. zehnderi, of Zehnder, named after Alexander J. B. Zehnder, who contributed to our present knowledge of the microbiology of microbial processes in methanogenic bioreactors

Pronunciation, gender: ZEHN-de-ri, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17840; JCM 13948; OL 4

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16S rRNA gene: DQ898277 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sousa DZ, Smidt H, Alves MM, Stams AJ. Syntrophomonas zehnderi sp. nov., an anaerobe that degrades long-chain fatty acids in co-culture with Methanobacterium formicicum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:609-615.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15379 (N = 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Syntrophomonas McInerney et al. 1982

Assigned by: Sousa DZ, Smidt H, Alves MM, Stams AJ. Syntrophomonas zehnderi sp. nov., an anaerobe that degrades long-chain fatty acids in co-culture with Methanobacterium formicicum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:609-615.

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Record number: 786037