Name: Acetobacterium Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ce.to.bac.te.ri.um. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Acetobacterium, vinegar rod

Gender: neuter (stem: Acetobacteri-)

Type species: Acetobacterium woodii Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Balch WE, Schoberth S, Tanner RS, Wolfe RS. Acetobacterium, a new genus of hydrogen-oxidizing, carbon dioxide-reducing, anaerobic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:355-361.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acctobacterium"; "Aceiobacterium"; "Acerobacterium"; "Acetobactericum"; "Acetobacteriurn"; "Acetobacterlum"; "Acetobaczerium"; "Acetobaeterium"; "Acetobarterium"; "Acetobaterium"; "Acetobucterium"; "Acmobacterium"; "Actetobacterium"; "Aeetobacterium"; "Aretoliacterium".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09003 (N = 15).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; ATCC: 7; JCM: 2; LMG: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACBM" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetobacterium bakii Kotsyurbenko et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetobacterium carbinolicum Eichler and Schink 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acetobacterium dehalogenans" Kaufmann et al. 1998	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Acetobacterium fimetarium Kotsyurbenko et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetobacterium malicum Tanaka and Pfennig 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetobacterium paludosum Kotsyurbenko et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acetobacterium psammolithicum" Krumholz et al. 1999	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Acetobacterium tundrae Simankova et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetobacterium wieringae Braun and Gottschalk 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetobacterium woodii Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Eubacteriaceae Ludwig et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family II. Eubacteriaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 865.

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