Genus Acetogenium
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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").
Acetogenium Leigh and Wolfe 1983, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; L. suff. genius -a -um (from L. v. gigno, to produce), producing; N.L. neut. n. acetogenium, vinegar producing.
Valid publication: LEIGH (J.A.) and WOLFE (R.S.): Acetogenium kivui gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic acetogenic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 886.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982.
Note: Collins et al. 1994 propose to transfer ¤ Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983 (the type species of the genus Acetogenium) to the genus ¤ Thermoanaerobacter as ¤ Thermoanaerobacter kivui (Leigh and Wolfe 1983) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Acetogenium to ¤ Thermoanaerobacter.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), LAWSON (P.A.), WILLEMS (A.), CORDOBA (J.J.), FERNANDEZ-GARAYZABAL (J.), GARCIA (P.), CAI (J.), HIPPE (H.) and FARROW (J.A.E.): The phylogeny of the genus Clostridium: proposal of five new genera and eleven new species combinations. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 812-826.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33488= DSM 2030.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: L09160.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. kivui, pertaining to Kivu, named for its source, Lake Kivu.
Valid publication: LEIGH (J.A.) and WOLFE (R.S.): Acetogenium kivui gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic acetogenic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1983, 33, 886.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Thermoanaerobacter kivui (Leigh and Wolfe 1983) Collins et al. 1994, comb. nov.