Genus Acidocella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
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).
Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acidocella facilis (Wichlacz et al. 1986) Kishimoto et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; L. fem. n. cella, a store-room, a chamber and, in biology, a cell; N.L. fem. n. Acidocella, acid (-requiring) cell.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: KISHIMOTO (N.), KOSAKO (Y.), WAKAO (N.), TANO (T.) and HIRAISHI (A.): Transfer of Acidiphilium facilis and Acidiphilium aminolytica to the genus Acidocella gen. nov., and emendation of the genus Acidiphilium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 18, 85-91.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Acidocella aluminiidurans Kimoto et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AL46 = NBRC 104303 = VTCC-D9-1.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB362219.
Etymology: N.L. n. aluminium (from L. n. alumen, alum), aluminium; L. part. adj. durans, enduring, being insensible; N.L. part. adj. aluminiidurans, aluminium-tolerant.
Valid publication: KIMOTO (K.), AIZAWA (T.), URAI (M.), NGUYEN (B.V.), SUZUKI (K.I.), NAKAJIMA (M.) and SUNAIRI (M.): Acidocella aluminiidurans sp. nov., an aluminium-tolerant bacterium isolated from Panicum repens grown in a highly acidic swamp in actual acid sulfate soil area of Vietnam. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 764-768.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidocella aminolytica (Kishimoto et al. 1994) Kishimoto et al. 1996, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 101 = ATCC 51361= DSM 11237 = JCM 8796.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D30771.
Basonym: ¤ Acidiphilium aminilyticum corrig. Kishimoto et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. n. aminum, amine; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lutikê), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. aminolytica, amine dissolving.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: KISHIMOTO (N.), KOSAKO (Y.), WAKAO (N.), TANO (T.) and HIRAISHI (A.): Transfer of Acidiphilium facilis and Acidiphilium aminolytica to the genus Acidocella gen. nov., and emendation of the genus Acidiphilium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 18, 85-91.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Acidocella aquatica Okamoto et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Ok2G=NBRC 112502=DSM 104037.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC199502.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatica, aquatic; from freshwater.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: OKAMOTO, R., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2017. Acidocella aquatica sp. nov., a novel acidophilic heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a freshwater lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4773-4776.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidocella facilis (Wichlacz et al. 1986) Kishimoto et al. 1996, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PW2 = ATCC 35904= NCCB 86038.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: D30774.
Basonym: ¤ Acidiphilium facile corrig. Wichlacz et al. 1986.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. facilis, easy, without difficulty, quick, with respect to growth.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 56. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 362-363.
Effective publication: KISHIMOTO (N.), KOSAKO (Y.), WAKAO (N.), TANO (T.) and HIRAISHI (A.): Transfer of Acidiphilium facilis and Acidiphilium aminolytica to the genus Acidocella gen. nov., and emendation of the genus Acidiphilium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 18, 85-91.
Validation List no. 56 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online