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

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Acetobacterium, vinegar rod

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 9

• Child taxa:

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