Name: Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. elongatus corrig. Montgomery et al. 1988

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: e.lon.ga’tus. L. masc. part. adj. elongatus, prolonged, elongated, stretched out

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43856; HM2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU269553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montgomery L, Flesher B, Stahl D. Transfer of Bacteroides succinogenes (Hungate) to Fibrobacter gen. nov. as Fibrobacter succinogenes comb. nov. and description of Fibrobacter intestinalis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:430-435.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. elongata Montgomery et al. 1988	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this subspecies was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:585; Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. elongata (sic). Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. elongata (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1997. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.

Parent taxon: Fibrobacter succinogenes (Hungate 1950) Montgomery et al. 1988

Assigned by: Montgomery L, Flesher B, Stahl D. Transfer of Bacteroides succinogenes (Hungate) to Fibrobacter gen. nov. as Fibrobacter succinogenes comb. nov. and description of Fibrobacter intestinalis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:430-435.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/subspecies/fibrobacter-succinogenes-elongatusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 783836