Genus Acetothermus
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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).
Acetothermus Dietrich et al. 1988, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acetothermus paucivorans Dietrich et al. 1988.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Acetothermus, a thermophilic microorganism producing acetic acid.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 26. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 328-329.
Effective publication: DIETRICH (G.), WEISS (N.) and WINTER (J.): Acetothermus paucivorans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium from sewage sludge, fermenting hexoses to acetate, CO2 and H2. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1988, 10, 174-179.
Validation List no. 26 in IJSM Online - Effective publication Online
Acetothermus paucivorans Dietrich et al. 1988, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TN = DSM 20768.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: L. adj. paucus, few, little; L. part. adj. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L part. adj. paucivorans, eating little (utilizing only a very restricted number of the supplied substrates).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 26. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 328-329.
Effective publication: DIETRICH (G.), WEISS (N.) and WINTER (J.): Acetothermus paucivorans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium from sewage sludge, fermenting hexoses to acetate, CO2 and H2. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1988, 10, 174-179.
Validation List no. 26 in IJSM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: The type strain DSM 20768 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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