Genus Acidaminobacter
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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).
Acidaminobacter Stams and Hansen 1985, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans Stams and Hansen 1985.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum aminum, amino acid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a staff or rod; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminobacter, the amino acid rod.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 223-225.
Effective publication: STAMS (A.J.M.) and HANSEN (T.A.): Fermentation of glutamate and other compounds by Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans gen. nov. sp. nov., an obligate anaerobe isolated from black mud. Studies with pure cultures and mixed cultures with sulfate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 1984, 137, 329-337.
Validation List no. 17 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans Stams and Hansen 1985, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) glu 65 = CIP 106102 = DSM 2784.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF016691.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum (from Gr. n. hudôr, water; and Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); L. part. adj. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. hydrogenoformans, hydrogen-forming.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 223-225.
Effective publication: STAMS (A.J.M.) and HANSEN (T.A.): Fermentation of glutamate and other compounds by Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans gen. nov. sp. nov., an obligate anaerobe isolated from black mud. Studies with pure cultures and mixed cultures with sulfate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 1984, 137, 329-337.
Validation List no. 17 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online