Genus Acetonema
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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).
Acetonema Kane and Breznak 1992, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acetonema longum Kane and Breznak 1992.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. n. nema, thread; N.L. neut. n. Acetonema, vinegar-forming thread.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 40. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 191-192.
Effective publication: KANE (M.D.) and BREZNAK (J.A.): Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis. Arch. Microbiol., 1991, 156, 91-98.
Validation List no. 40 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Acetonema longum Kane and Breznak 1992, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) APO-1 = ATCC 51454= DSM 6540.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ010964.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. longum, long (in shape).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 40. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 191-192.
Effective publication: KANE (M.D.) and BREZNAK (J.A.): Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis. Arch. Microbiol., 1991, 156, 91-98.
Validation List no. 40 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online