Genus Anaerobaculum
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: 3
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).
Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum Rees et al. 1997.
Etymology: Gr. pref. an, not; Gr. n. aer aeros, air; L. neut. n. baculum, small stick; N.L. neut. n. Anaerobaculum, rod which grows in the absence of air.
Valid publication: REES (G.N.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GRASSIA (G.S.) and SHEEHY (A.J.): Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, thermophilic bacterium which ferments citrate. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 150-154.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997 emend. Menes and Muxí 2002.
Reference: MENES (R.J.) and MUXÍ (L.): Anaerobaculum mobile sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, peptide-fermenting bacterium that uses crotonate as an electron acceptor, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 157-164.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997 emend. Maune and Tanner 2012.
Reference: MAUNE (M.W.) and TANNER (R.S.): Description of Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans sp. nov., an anaerobe that produces hydrogen from glucose, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 832-838.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans Maune and Tanner 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OS1 = ATCC BAA-1850 = DSM 22491.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ862996.
Etymology: N.L. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. part. adj. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. hydrogeniformans, producing hydrogen.
Valid publication: MAUNE (M.W.) and TANNER (R.S.): Description of Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans sp. nov., an anaerobe that produces hydrogen from glucose, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 832-838.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans (Maune and Tanner 2012) Ben Hania et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Anaerobaculum mobile Menes and Muxí 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NGA = DSM 13181 = ATCC BAA-54.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ243189.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. mobile, movable, motile.
Valid publication: MENES (R.J.) and MUXÍ (L.): Anaerobaculum mobile sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, peptide-fermenting bacterium that uses crotonate as an electron acceptor, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 157-164.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The specific epithet mobile is a L. neut. adj. not a L. masc. adj. as cited in the paper by Menes and Muxí 2002.
→ ¤ Acetomicrobium mobile (Menes and Muxí 2002) Ben Hania et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum Rees et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RWcit2 = ACM 5076 = DSM 13490.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U50711.
Etymology: Gr. adj. thermos, warm, hot; L. adj. terrenus, of or belonging to the earth; N.L. neut. adj. thermoterrenum, from hot earth, describing the site of isolation.
Valid publication: REES (G.N.), PATEL (B.K.C.), GRASSIA (G.S.) and SHEEHY (A.J.): Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, thermophilic bacterium which ferments citrate. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 150-154.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum (Rees et al. 1997) Ben Hania et al. 2016, sp. nov.