Name: Propionispora hippei Abou-Zeid et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hip’pe.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hippei, named after Dr Hans-H. Hippe, DSMZ, for his numerous contributions to the cultivation and taxonomy of anaerobes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-665; DSM 15287; KS

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ508928 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Abou-Zeid DM, Biebl H, Sproer C, Muller RJ. Propionispora hippei sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that produces propionic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:951-954.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26348 (N = 10).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Propionispora Biebl et al. 2001

Assigned by: Abou-Zeid DM, Biebl H, Sproer C, Muller RJ. Propionispora hippei sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that produces propionic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:951-954.

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Record number: 779845