Name: Acetomicrobium Soutschek et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ce.to.mi.cro.bi.um. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Acetomicrobium, a microorganism producing acetic acid

Gender: neuter (stem: Acetomicrobi-)

Type species: Acetomicrobium flavidum Soutschek et al. 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Soutschek E, Winter J, Schindler F, Ihndler O. Acetomicrobium flavidum, gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium from sewage sludge, forming acetate, CO2 and H2 from glucose. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:377-390.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Ben Hania et al. 2016 Hania WB, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Cayol JL, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Reclassification of Anaerobaculum mobile, Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum, Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans as Acetomicrobium mobile comb. nov., Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum comb. nov. and Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Acetomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1506-1509. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Acetomicrobiaceae Pradel et al. 2023. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Bacteroidaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Acetomicrobiaceae Pradel et al. 2023. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ben-Hania et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; ATCC: 3; JCM: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACMI" 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: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetomicrobium faecale corrig. Winter et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acetomicrobium faecalis Winter et al. 1988	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Acetomicrobium flavidum Soutschek et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans (Maune and Tanner 2012) Ben Hania et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetomicrobium mobile (Menes and Muxí 2002) Ben Hania et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum (Rees et al. 1997) Ben Hania et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

Assigned by: Hania WB, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Cayol JL, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Reclassification of Anaerobaculum mobile, Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum, Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans as Acetomicrobium mobile comb. nov., Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum comb. nov. and Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Acetomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1506-1509.

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