Name: Anaerotignum neopropionicum (Tholozan et al. 1995) Ueki et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium neopropionicum Tholozan et al. 1995

Etymology: ne.o.pro.pi.o’ni.cum. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; N.L. neut. adj. neopropionicum, a new propionic acid-producing bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 3847; KCTC 15564; X4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76746 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ueki A, Goto K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Description of Anaerotignum aminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum and Clostridium lactatifermentans as species of the genus Anaerotignum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4146-4153.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Tyzzerella neopropionica" (Tholozan et al. 1995) Yutin and Galperin 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Clostridium neopropionicum Tholozan et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Anaerotignum Ueki et al. 2017

Assigned by: Ueki A, Goto K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Ueki K. Description of Anaerotignum aminivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum and Clostridium lactatifermentans as species of the genus Anaerotignum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4146-4153.

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