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Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 45 49 -
BioSample 224 227 -
Gene 4,725 4,725 -
Identical Protein Groups 35,086 35,401 -
Nucleotide 7,292 7,453 63
PubChem BioAssay 39 39 -
PMC 2,049 2,049 -
Protein 50,608 52,312 -
SRA 132 137 -
Taxonomy 5 5 -

Parvimonas micra

Taxonomy ID: 33033 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:33033)
current name
Parvimonas micra  (Prévot 1933) Tindall and Euzéby 2006 in [Tindall BJ & Euzéby JP (2006b)]
homotypic synonym:
Peptostreptococcus micros  (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) in  in  [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)] , [Smith LDS (1957)]
type strain of Peptostreptococcus micros: DSM : 20468 , personal : 3119B , ATCC : 33270 , CCUG : 17638 , CCUG : 17638 A , CCUG : 46357 , CIP : 105294 , JCM : 12970 , KCTC : 5196 , NCTC : 11808 , VPI : 5464
basionym:
"Streptococcus micros"  Prévot 1933 , effective name  1) in [Prévot AR (1933)]
"Streptococcus anaerobius micros"  Lewkowicz 1901 , effective name  2)
Micromonas micros  (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 , nom. illeg.  3) in [Validation List No. 75 (2000)]
homotypic synonym:
Micromonas micra corrig.  (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 , nom. illeg.  4) in [Micromonas micra (LPSN)]
"Micromonas micros"  (Prévot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 1999 , effective name  5) , nom. illeg.  6) in [Murdoch D & Shah H (1999)]
NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym Peptococcus glycinophilus  (Cardon and Barker 1946) Douglas 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) in  in  [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)] , [Douglas HC (1957b)]
type strain of Peptococcus glycinophilus: ATCC : 23195
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Tissierellia; Tissierellales; Peptoniphilaceae; Parvimonas

Notes:

Comments and References:

Tindall BJ & Euzéby JP (2006b) , Pubmed: abstract
Tindall, B.J., and Euzéby, J.P. "Proposal of Parvimonas gen. nov. and Quatrionicoccus gen. nov. as replacements for the illegitimate, prokaryotic, generic names Micromonas Murdoch and Shah 2000 and Quadricoccus Maszenan et al. 2002, respectively." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56(11):2711-2713.
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Smith LDS (1957)
Prévot AR (1933)
Validation List No. 75 (2000) , Pubmed: abstract
VALIDATION LIST No. 75. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2000) 50(4):1415-1417.
Micromonas micra (LPSN)
Murdoch D & Shah H (1999)
Murdoch, D.A., and Shah, H.N. "Reclassification of Peptostreptococcus magnus (Prevot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972 as Finegoldia magna comb. nov. and Peptostreptococcus micros (Prevot 1933) Smith 1957 as Micromonas micros comb. nov." Anaerobe (1999) 5:555-559. [N.B.: the proposed name Micromonas micros (Prevot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 is illegitimate due to the precedence of the green algal genus Micromonas.]
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.
Douglas HC (1957b)
Cardon BP & Barker HA (1946) , doi: 10.1128/jb.52.6.629-634.1946 , Pubmed: abstract
Cardon, B.P., and Barker, H.A. "Two new amino-acid-fermenting bacteria, Clostridium propionicum and Diplococcus glycinophilus." J. Bacteriol. (1946) 52(6):629-634.
Cato EP et al. (1983b)
Cato, E.P., Johnson, J.L., Hash, D.E., and Holdeman, L.V. "Synonymy of Peptococcus glycinophilus (Cardon and Barker 1946) Douglas 1957 with Peptostreptococcus micros (Prévot 1933) Smith 1957 and electrophoretic differentiation of Peptostreptococcus micros from Peptococcus magnus (Prévot 1933) Holdeman and Moore 1972." Int. J. Syst.Bacteriol. (1983) 33(2):207-210.
Moore WEC et al. (1985) (reference with type strain information)
Moore, W.E.C., Cato, E.P., and Moore, L.V.H. "Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of bacterial names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1985)." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1985) 35:382-407.
Suresh R et al. (2025)
Suresh, R., Jayachandiran, S., Balu, P., Ranganadin, P., and Dhamodharan, R. "Comparative genome analysis of human pathogen Parvimonas micra revealed strain JM503A as potential novel species in the genus Parvimonas and high intra-species functional diversity." Microb. Genom. (2025) 11(9):001511.
van Dalen PJ et al. (1993)
van Dalen, P.J., van Steenbergen, T.J., Cowan, M.M., Busscher, H.J., and de Graaff, J. "Description of two morphotypes of Peptostreptococcus micros." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43(4):787-793.

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Parvimonas micra type strain (BD-ID 18066) meta-databases BacDive
Parvimonas micra NCTC11808 organism-specific BioCyc
Parvimonas micra KCOM 1535; ChDC B708 organism-specific BioCyc
Parvimonas micra NCTC11808 organism-specific BioCyc
Parvimonas micra KCOM 1535; ChDC B708 organism-specific BioCyc
Parvimonas micra NCTC11808 organism-specific BioCyc
Parvimonas micra KCOM 1535; ChDC B708 organism-specific BioCyc
Micromonas micros (PrA%A9vot 1933) Murdoch and Shah 2000 taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
GOLD: 5 Organisms organism-specific Genomes On Line Database
Parvimonas micra culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
2636415721: Parvimonas micra KCOM 1535 (=ChDC B708) organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2833017711: Parvimonas micra KCOM 1037 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2837064607: Parvimonas micra FDAARGOS_569 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
8064719108: Parvimonas micra MGYG-HGUT-01301 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
8116826506: Parvimonas micra NCTC 11808 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
Parvimonas micra (T) | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Parvimonas micra type strain (SI-ID 40421) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
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