Name: Sporomusa paucivorans Hermann et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, a few; L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, referring to the relatively small substrate range of the organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 3697

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16S rRNA gene: FR749940 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hermann M, Popoff MR, Sebald M. Sporomusa paucivorans sp. nov., a methylotrophic bacterium that forms acetic acid from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:93-101.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Hermann et al., the type strain DSM 3697 is erroneously cited as DSM 3637. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Sporomusa Möller et al. 1985

Assigned by: Hermann M, Popoff MR, Sebald M. Sporomusa paucivorans sp. nov., a methylotrophic bacterium that forms acetic acid from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:93-101.

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Record number: 781131