Genus Acidomonas
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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).
Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acidomonas methanolica (Uhlig et al. 1986) Urakami et al. 1989.
Etymology: L. adj. acidus, sour, acid; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. acidomonas, acidophilic monad.
Valid publication: URAKAMI (T.), TAMAOKA (J.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 50-55.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989 emend. Yamashita et al. 2004.
Reference: YAMASHITA (S.), UCHIMURA (T.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Emendation of the genus Acidomonas Urakami, Tamaoka, Suzuki and Komagata 1989. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 865-870.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Acidomonas methanolica (Uhlig et al. 1986) Urakami et al. 1989, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK 0705 = MB58 = ATCC 43581= CCUG 37300 = CIP 103167 = DSM 5432 = IMET 10945 = JCM 6891 = LMG 1668 = NCCB 89007 = NRIC 0498 = VKM B-2104.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X77468.
Basonym: ¤ Acetobacter methanolicus Uhlig et al. 1986.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanol, methanol; L. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. methanolica, relating to methanol.
Valid publication: URAKAMI (T.), TAMAOKA (J.), SUZUKI (K.I.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 50-55.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Acidomonas methanolica (Uhlig et al. 1986) Urakami et al. 1989 emend. Yamashita et al. 2004.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TK 0705 = MB58 = ATCC 43581= CCUG 37300 = CIP 103167 = DSM 5432 = IMET 10945 = JCM 6891 = LMG 1668 = NCCB 89007 = NRIC 0498 = VKM B-2104.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X77468.
Basonym: ¤ Acetobacter methanolicus Uhlig et al. 1986.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanol, methanol; L. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. methanolica, relating to methanol.
Reference: YAMASHITA (S.), UCHIMURA (T.) and KOMAGATA (K.): Emendation of the genus Acidomonas Urakami, Tamaoka, Suzuki and Komagata 1989. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 865-870.
Original article in IJSEM Online