Species Syntrophospora bryantii

Name: Syntrophospora bryantii (Stieb and Schink 1985) Zhao et al. 1990

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium bryantii Stieb and Schink 1985

Etymology: bry.an’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bryantii, of Bryant, named after Marvin P. Bryant, who pioneered studies on syntrophic methanogenic associations

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: syn-tro-P^HO-spo-ra bry-AN-ti-i, feminine

Type strain: CuCal; DSM 102356; DSM 3014

16S rRNA gene: HE654006 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao HX, Yang DC, Woese CR, Bryant MP. Assignment of Clostridium bryantii to Syntrophospora bryantii gen. nov., comb. nov. on the basis of a 16S rRNA sequence analysis of its crotonate-grown pure culture. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:40-44. 🇰🇷

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Clostridium bryantii Stieb and Schink 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Syntrophomonas bryantii" (Stieb and Schink 1985) Wu et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Syntrophospora Zhao et al. 1990. Publication: Zhao HX, Yang DC, Woese CR, Bryant MP. Assignment of Clostridium bryantii to Syntrophospora bryantii gen. nov., comb. nov. on the basis of a 16S rRNA sequence analysis of its crotonate-grown pure culture. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:40-44. 🇰🇷
  • 😷 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 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 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 CuCal = DSM 3014A = DSM 102356 (co-culture with Desulfovibrio sp., E70); CuCal = DSM 3014B = DSM 102357 (co-culture with Methanospirillum hungatei, strain M1h). 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.

Parent taxon: Syntrophospora Zhao et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhao HX, Yang DC, Woese CR, Bryant MP. Assignment of Clostridium bryantii to Syntrophospora bryantii gen. nov., comb. nov. on the basis of a 16S rRNA sequence analysis of its crotonate-grown pure culture. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:40-44. 🇰🇷

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