Syntrophobacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Syntrophobacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Syntrophobacterales Kuever et al. 2006; type genus of the family ¤ Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006).
Type species: ¤ Syntrophobacter wolinii Boone and Bryant 1984.
Etymology: Gr. adj. suntrophos, having grown up with one; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Synthrophobacter, a rod which feeds together with (an another species).
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [BOONE (D.R.) and BRYANT (M.P.): Propionate-degrading bacterium, Syntrophobacter wolinii sp. nov., gen. nov., from methanogenic ecosystems. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1980, 40, 626-632.]
Validation List N° 15 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> Syntrophobacter Boone and Bryant 1984 emend. Chen et al. 2005.
Type species: ¤ Syntrophobacter wolinii Boone and Bryant 1984.
Etymology: Gr. adj. suntrophos, having grown up with one; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Synthrophobacter, a rod which feeds together with (an another species).
Reference: CHEN (S.), LIU (X.) and 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans Harmsen et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MPOB = DSM 10017.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X82874.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum fumaricum, fumaric acid (fumarate); N.L. v. oxido (from Gr. adj. oxus, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen), to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. fumaroxidans, oxidizing fumarate (the ability to oxidize fumarate played an important role in the isolation and physiological characterization of this bacterium).
Reference: HARMSEN (H.J.M.), VAN KUIJK (B.L.M.), PLUGGE (C.M.), AKKERMANS (A.D.L.), DE VOS (W.M.) and STAMS (A.J.M.): Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans sp. nov., a syntrophic propionate-degrading sulfate-reducing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 1383-1387.
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Syntrophobacter pfennigii Wallrabenstein et al. 1996, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KoProp1 = CIP 105305 = DSM 10092.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X82875.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. pfennigii, of Pfennig; named after Norbert Pfennig, a German microbiologist who contributed substantially to the understanding of syntrophic relationships and of the physiology of sulfate-reducing bacteria.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837. [WALLRABENSTEIN (C.), HAUSCHILD (E.) and SCHINK (B.): Syntrophobacter pfennigii sp. nov., new syntrophically propionate-oxidizing anaerobe growing in pure culture with propionate and sulfate. Arch. Microbiol., 1995, 164, 346-352.]
Validation List N° 58 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Syntrophobacter sulfatireducens Chen et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TB8106 = AS 1.5016 = DSM 16706.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY651787.
Etymology: N.L. n. sulfas -atis, sulfate; L. v. reducere, to lead back, bring back; N.L. part. adj. sulfatireducens, reducing sulfate.
Reference: CHEN (S.), LIU (X.) and 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Syntrophobacter wolinii Boone and Bryant 1984, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DB (maintained as a coculture with Desulfovibrio sp. strain G-11; coculture = DSM 2805) = DSM 2805M (monoculture isolated from Syntrophobacter wolinii coculture DSM 2805).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X70905.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. wolinii, of Wolin; named after Meyer J. Wolin, an American microbiologist who contributed substantially to the understanding of interspecies hydrogen transfer.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 15. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 355-357. [BOONE (D.R.) and BRYANT (M.P.): Propionate-degrading bacterium, Syntrophobacter wolinii sp. nov., gen. nov., from methanogenic ecosystems. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 1980, 40, 626-632.]
Validation List N° 15 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online