Name: Propionispora vibrioides Biebl et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. vibrioides, vibrio-shaped

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 13305; FKBS1; JCM 17185

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16S rRNA gene: AJ279802 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Biebl H, Schwab-Hanisch H, Sproer C, Lunsdorf H. Propionispora vibrioides, nov. gen., nov. sp., a new gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that ferments sugar alcohols. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:239-247.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Propionispora Biebl et al. 2001. Publication: Biebl H, Schwab-Hanisch H, Sproer C, Lunsdorf H. Propionispora vibrioides, nov. gen., nov. sp., a new gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that ferments sugar alcohols. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:239-247.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Propionispora vibrioides Biebl et al. 2001 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Propionispora vibrioides Biebl et al. 2001 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Propionispora Biebl et al. 2001

Assigned by: Biebl H, Schwab-Hanisch H, Sproer C, Lunsdorf H. Propionispora vibrioides, nov. gen., nov. sp., a new gram-negative, spore-forming anaerobe that ferments sugar alcohols. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:239-247.

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Record number: 779846