Name: Sporomusa malonica Dehning et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.lo.ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum malonicum, malonic acid; N.L. fem. adj. malonica, referring to organism's ability to metabolize malonic acid

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49684; DSM 5090; WoG12

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16S rRNA gene: AJ279799 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dehning I, Stieb M, Schink B. Sporomusa malonica sp. nov., a homoacetogenic bacterium growing by decarboxylation of malonate or succinate. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:421-426.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06479 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sporomusa Möller et al. 1985

Assigned by: Dehning I, Stieb M, Schink B. Sporomusa malonica sp. nov., a homoacetogenic bacterium growing by decarboxylation of malonate or succinate. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:421-426.

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Record number: 781129