Name: Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986
Etymology: A.cid.ia.nus. L. masc. adj. acidus, acide; L. masc. n. Ianus, a mythical Roman figure with two faces looking in opposite directions; N.L. masc. n. Acidianus, acidic bifaced (bacterium), reflecting the growth conditions and the metabolism of the organisms
Gender: masculine (stem: Acidian-)
Type species: Acidianus infernus Segerer et al. 1986
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Segerer A, Neuner AM, Kristjansson JK, Stetter KO. Acidianus infernus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Acidianus brierleyi comb. nov.: facultatively aerobic, extremely acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:559-564.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Desulfurolobus Zillig and Böck 1987 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 9
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Acidianus ambivalens (Zillig and Böck 1987) Fuchs et al. 1996 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidianus brierleyi (Zillig et al. 1980) Segerer et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis" Giaveno et al. 2013 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Acidianus hospitalis" Bettstetter et al. 2003 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Acidianus infernus Segerer et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Acidianus manzaensis" Yoshida et al. 2006 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Acidianus sulfidivorans Plumb et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Acidianus tengchongenses" He et al. 2001 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
"Acidianus tengchongensis" He et al. 2004 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Sulfolobaceae Stetter 1989
Assigned by:
Plumb JJ, Haddad CM, Gibson JA, Franzmann PD. Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1418-1423.
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Record number: 516964