Genus Anaerobacter
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).
Anaerobacter Duda et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerobacter polyendosporus Duda et al. 1996.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an-, not; Gr. masc. n. aer, air; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. anaerobacter, rod not [living] in air.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: DUDA (V.I.), LEBEDINSKY (A.V.), MUSHEGJAN (M.S.) and MITJUSHINA (I.L.): A new anaerobic bacterium, forming up to five endospores per cell-Anaerobacter polyendosporus gen. et spec. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987, 148, 121-127.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Anaerobacter polyendosporus Duda et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PS-1 = DSM 5272 = VKM B-1724.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y18189.
Etymology: Gr. pref. polu, many; Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. spora, spore; N.L. masc. adj. polyendosporus, (forming) several endospores.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 57. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 625-626.
Effective publication: DUDA (V.I.), LEBEDINSKY (A.V.), MUSHEGJAN (M.S.) and MITJUSHINA (I.L.): A new anaerobic bacterium, forming up to five endospores per cell-Anaerobacter polyendosporus gen. et spec. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1987, 148, 121-127.
Validation List no. 57 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Clostridium polyendosporum (Duda et al. 2006) Rainey et al. 2016, comb. nov.