Name: Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.pi.o.ni.bac.te.ri.um. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic aid; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Propionibacterium, propionic (acid) bacterium

Gender: neuter (stem: Propionibacteri-)

Type species: Propionibacterium freudenreichii van Niel 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Orla-Jensen S. Die Hauptlinien des natürlichen Bakteriensystems. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1909; 22:305-346.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Charfreitag et al. 1988 Charfreitag O, Collins MD, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Arachnia propionica as Propionibacterium propionicus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:354-357.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Scholz and Kilian 2016 Scholz CF, Kilian M. The natural history of cutaneous propionibacteria, and reclassification of selected species within the genus Propionibacterium to the proposed novel genera Acidipropionibacterium gen. nov., Cutibacterium gen. nov. and Pseudopropionibacterium gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4422-4432. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 10 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Delwiche EA. Family XI. Propionobacteriaceae Delwiche, Fam. Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 569.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Propionibacteriales (Rainey et al. 1997) Patrick and McDowell 2015. Publication: Patrick S, McDowell A. Order XII. Propionibacteriales ord. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology vol. 5, 2nd edn., Springer, New York, 2012, p. 1137.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder Propionibacterineae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder Propionibacteriineae corrig. Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Lactobacilleae Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Arthrobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the order Propionibacteriales (Rainey et al. 1997) Patrick and McDowell 2015. Publication: Patrick S, McDowell A. Order XII. Propionibacteriales ord. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology vol. 5, 2nd edn., Springer, New York, 2012, p. 1137.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Corynebacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧕 Orla-Jensen (1921) assigned this genus to the order "Peritrichinales" Orla-Jensen 1921. Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the suborder Propionibacteriineae corrig. Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pmpinnibacterium"; "Pmpionibacterium"; "Prapionibaezerium"; "Priopionibacterium"; "Probionibacterium"; "Prooionibacterium"; "Propfonibaclerium"; "Propfonibacterium"; "Propianibacierium"; "Propianibucterium"; "Propienibacterium"; "Propinibacterium"; "Propiniobacterium"; "Propiombacterium"; "Propiombacterrum"; "Propionebacterium"; "Propionibacerium"; "Propionibacierium"; "Propionibaclerium"; "Propionibactcrium"; "Propionibactenum"; "Propionibactertum"; "Propionibacwrium"; "Propionibaeterium"; "Propionibartcrium"; "Propionibavwrium"; "Propionibrcterium"; "Propionibucterium"; "Propionihacterium"; "Propionobacterium"; "Propionybacterium"; "Propiunibacterium"; "Proplonibaclerium"; "Proponibacteium"; "Proprionibacterium"; "Proptonibacterium"; "Propwnibacterium"; "Propzonibacterium"; "Prupionibacterium"; "Prupionibaczerium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Propionibacteria"; "Propionibacteriacea"; "Propionibacteriae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dekio et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 21; CCUG: 15; ATCC: 14; CIP: 13; NCTC: 9; JCM: 8; NBRC: 5; IFO: 4; VKM: 3; CECT: 3.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PRBT" 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: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Propionibacterium acidifaciens Downes and Wade 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionibacterium acidipropionici corrig. Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Douglas and Gunter 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium australiense Bernard et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionibacterium avidum (Eggerth 1935) Moore and Holdeman 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium cyclohexanicum Kusano et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionibacterium damnosum Lucena-Padrós et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium freudenreichii van Niel 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Propionibacterium granulosum (Prévot 1938) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Propionibacterium humerusii" Butler-Wu et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Propionibacterium innocuum Pitcher and Collins 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium jensenii van Niel 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium lymphophilum (Torrey 1916) Johnson and Cummins 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium microaerophilum Koussémon et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium namnetense Aubin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium olivae Lucena-Padrós et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium propionicum corrig. (Buchanan and Pine 1962) Charfreitag et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Propionibacterium propionicus (Buchanan and Pine 1962) Charfreitag et al. 1988	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Propionibacterium ruminifibrarum Vaidya et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Propionibacterium shermanii" van Niel 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    Propionibacterium thoenii van Niel 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Propionibacterium westphaliense" Schlattmann et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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