Name: Syntrophus buswellii Mountfort et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bus.wel’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. buswellii, of Buswell, named in honor of A.M. Buswell, who first demonstrated degradation of benzoate in enrichments from methanogenic ecosystems

Pronunciation, gender: bus-WEL-li-i, masculine

Type strain: 2612M; DM-2; DSM 102352; DSM 2612

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16S rRNA gene: X85131 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mountfort DO, Brulla WJ, Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophus buswellii gen. nov., sp. nov.: a benzoate catabolizer from methanogenic ecosystems. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:216-217.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Syntrophus Mountfort et al. 1984. Publication: Mountfort DO, Brulla WJ, Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophus buswellii gen. nov., sp. nov.: a benzoate catabolizer from methanogenic ecosystems. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:216-217.
  • 😷 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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 DM-2 = DSM 2612A = DSM 102352 (syntrophic co-culture with Desulfovibrio sp. G11); DM-2 = DSM 2612B =DSM 102353 (syntrophic tri-culture with Methanospririllum hungatei DSM 864 and Desulfovibrio sp. G11); DM-2 = 2612M = DSM 102354 (monoculture isolated from Syntrophus buswellii co-culture DSM 2612B). 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: Syntrophus Mountfort et al. 1984

Assigned by: Mountfort DO, Brulla WJ, Krumholz LR, Bryant MP. Syntrophus buswellii gen. nov., sp. nov.: a benzoate catabolizer from methanogenic ecosystems. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:216-217.

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