Name: Pelobacter acidigallici Schink and Pfennig 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di.gal.li.ci. N.L. neut. n. acidum gallicum, gallic acid; N.L. gen. neut. n. acidigallici, of gallic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49970; DSM 2377; MaGal12T; Ma Gal 2

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16S rRNA gene: X77216 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B, Pfennig N. Fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes by Pelobacter acidigallici gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:195-201.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 12. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:896-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983. Publication: Schink B, Pfennig N. Fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes by Pelobacter acidigallici gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:195-201.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983

Assigned by: Schink B, Pfennig N. Fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes by Pelobacter acidigallici gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:195-201.

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Record number: 779241