Genus Acetofilamentum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Acetofilamentum Dietrich et al. 1989, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acetofilamentum rigidum Dietrich et al. 1989.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; L. neut. n. filamentum, a spun thread; N.L. neut. n. Acetofilamentum, an acetate-producing, filamentous, threadlike bacterium.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 28. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 93-94.
Effective publication: DIETRICH (G.), WEISS (N.), FIEDLER (F.) and WINTER (J.): Acetofilamentum rigidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium from sewage sludge. System. Appl. Microbiol., 1988, 10, 273-278.
Validation List no. 28 in IJSEM Online
Acetofilamentum rigidum Dietrich et al. 1989, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MN = DSM 20769.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. rigidum, stiff, rigid.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 28. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 93-94.
Effective publication: DIETRICH (G.), WEISS (N.), FIEDLER (F.) and WINTER (J.): Acetofilamentum rigidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium from sewage sludge. System. Appl. Microbiol., 1988, 10, 273-278.
Validation List no. 28 in IJSEM Online
Note: The type strain DSM 2076 is not available in the DSMZ.
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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