Name: Schwartzia succinivorans van Gylswyk et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: suc.ci.ni.vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. succinivorans, succinic aciddevouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 10502; S1-1

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16S rRNA gene: Y09434 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: van Gylswyk NO, Hippe H, Rainey FA. Schwartzia succinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., another ruminal bacterium utilizing succinate as the sole energy source. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:155-159.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Schwartzia van Gylswyk et al. 1997. Publication: van Gylswyk NO, Hippe H, Rainey FA. Schwartzia succinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., another ruminal bacterium utilizing succinate as the sole energy source. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:155-159.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Schwartzia van Gylswyk et al. 1997

Assigned by: van Gylswyk NO, Hippe H, Rainey FA. Schwartzia succinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., another ruminal bacterium utilizing succinate as the sole energy source. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:155-159.

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