Name: Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Syn.tro.pho.bac.ter. Gr. masc./fem. n. syntrophos, having grown up with one; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Syntrophobacter, a rod which feeds together with (an another species)

Gender: masculine (stem: Syntrophobacter-)

Type species: Syntrophobacter wolinii Boone and Bryant 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boone DR, Bryant MP. Propionate-Degrading Bacterium, Syntrophobacter wolinii sp. nov. gen. nov., from Methanogenic Ecosystems. Appl Environ Microbiol 1980; 40:626-632.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Chen et al. 2005 Chen S, Liu X, Dong X. Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens sp. nov., a novel syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from UASB reactors. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1319-1324. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order VI. Syntrophobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order VI. Syntrophobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Syntrophobacteria Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Synthrophobacter"; "Syntrobacter"; "Syntruphohacter"; "Syrztrophohacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; CIP: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SNBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans Harmsen et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Syntrophobacter pfennigii Wallrabenstein et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens Chen et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Syntrophobacter wolinii Boone and Bryant 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1021.

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