Syntrophococcus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Syntrophococcus Krumholz and Bryant 1986, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Syntrophococcus sucromutans Krumholz and Bryant 1986.
Etymology: Gr. prep. sun, together with; Gr. n. trophos, feeder, rearer; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos), a grain, berry; N.L. masc. n. Syntrophococcus, coccus which feeds together with (another species).
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 21. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 489. [KRUMHOLZ (L.R.) and BRYANT (M.P.): Syntrophococcus sucromutans sp. nov. gen. nov. uses carbohydrates as electron donors and formate, methoxymonobenzoids or Methanobrevibacter as electron acceptor systems. Arch. Microbiol., 1986, 143, 313-318.]
Validation List 21 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Syntrophococcus sucromutans Krumholz and Bryant 1986, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain S195 = ATCC 43584 = DSM 3224.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF202264.
Etymology: French n. sucre, sugar; L. part. adj. mutans, altering, changing, converting; N.L. part. adj. sucromutans, converting sugar.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 21. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 489. [KRUMHOLZ (L.R.) and BRYANT (M.P.): Syntrophococcus sucromutans sp. nov. gen. nov. uses carbohydrates as electron donors and formate, methoxymonobenzoids or Methanobrevibacter as electron acceptor systems. Arch. Microbiol., 1986, 143, 313-318.]
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