Name: Actinobacillus succinogenes Guettler et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: suc.ci.no’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. acidum succinicum, succinic acid; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. part. adj. succinogenes, succinic-acid-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … suk-ki-NO-ge-nes, masculine

Type strain: 130Z; ATCC 55618; CCUG 43843; CIP 106512; DSM 22257

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF024525 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Guettler MV, Rumler D, Jain MK. Actinobacillus succinogenes sp. nov., a novel succinic-acid-producing strain from the bovine rumen. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:207-216. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.16630 (N = 33).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — 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 172 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guettler MV, Rumler D, Jain MK. Actinobacillus succinogenes sp. nov., a novel succinic-acid-producing strain from the bovine rumen. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:207-216. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 783288