Genus Acidaminococcus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
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).
Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969, genus. (Type genus of the family ¤ Acidaminococcaceae Marchandin et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: ROGOSA (M.): Acidaminococcus gen. nov., Acidaminococcus fermentans sp. nov. anaerobic gram-negative diplococci using amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. Journal of Bacteriology, 1969, 98, 756-766.
→ Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cook et al. 1994.
Reference: COOK (G.M.), RAINEY (F.A.), CHEN (G.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and RUSSELL (J.B.): Emendation of the description of Acidaminococcus fermentans, a trans-aconitate- and citrate-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 576-578.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007.
Reference: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), MORY (F.), TEYSSIER (C.), GAY (B.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Acidaminococcus intestini sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2314-2319.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) VR4 = ATCC 25085= CCUG 9996 = CIP 106432 = DSM 20731.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X78017.
Etymology: L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: ROGOSA (M.): Acidaminococcus gen. nov., Acidaminococcus fermentans sp. nov. anaerobic gram-negative diplococci using amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. Journal of Bacteriology, 1969, 98, 756-766.
→ Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cook et al. 1994.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) VR4 = ATCC 25085= CCUG 9996 = CIP 106432 = DSM 20731.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X78017.
Etymology: L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting.
Reference: COOK (G.M.), RAINEY (F.A.), CHEN (G.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and RUSSELL (J.B.): Emendation of the description of Acidaminococcus fermentans, a trans-aconitate- and citrate-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 576-578.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidaminococcus intestini Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ADV 255.99 = AIP 283.01 = CIP 108586 = CCUG 50930.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF473835.
Etymology: L. gen. n. intestini, of the intestine.
Valid publication: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), MORY (F.), TEYSSIER (C.), GAY (B.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Acidaminococcus intestini sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2314-2319.
Original article in IJSEM Online