Name: Ilyobacter polytropus Stieb and Schink 1985
Etymology: po.ly’tro.pus. N.L. masc. adj. polytropus, turning many ways, versatile, referring to metabolic versatility; from Gr. masc./fem. adj. polytropos
Type strain: ATCC 51220; CuHbu 1; DSM 2926
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16S rRNA gene: AJ307981 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Stieb M, Schink B. A new 3-hydroxybutyrate fermenting anaerobe, Ilyobacter polytropus, gen. nov. sp. nov., possessing various fermentation pathways. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 140:139-146.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Ilyobacter Stieb and Schink 1985
Assigned by: Stieb M, Schink B. A new 3-hydroxybutyrate fermenting anaerobe, Ilyobacter polytropus, gen. nov. sp. nov., possessing various fermentation pathways. Arch. Microbiol. 1984; 140:139-146.
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Record number: 777025