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Genus Acidibacter
Name: Acidibacter Falagán and Johnson 2017
Etymology: A.ci.di.bac’ter. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acidibacter, an acid-loving rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Acidibacter-)
Type species: Acidibacter ferrireducens Falagán and Johnson 2017
Effective publication:
Falagan C, Johnson DB. Acidibacter ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic ferric iron-reducing gammaproteobacterium. Extremophiles 2014; 18:1067-1073. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 173. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1-3.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acidobacter".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; NCCB: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Acidibacter ferrireducens Falagán and Johnson 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: [Gammaproteobacteria, not assigned to family]
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Record number: 518968
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