Name: Acidiphilium Harrison 1981

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.di.phi’li.um. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. n. Acidiphilium, acid lover (sic) [probably better: Acidiphilum]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Acidiphili-), a-ki-di-P^HI-li-um

Type species: Acidiphilium cryptum Harrison 1981

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harrison Jr. AP. Acidiphilium cryptum gen. nov., sp. nov., heterotrophic bacterium from acidic mineral environments. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:327-332.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kishimoto et al. 1995 Kishimoto N, Kosako Y, Wakao N, Tano T, Hiraishi A. Transfer of Acidiphilium facilis and Acidiphilium aminolytica to the genus Acidocella gen. nov., and emendation of the genus Acidiphilium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:85-91. 🇯🇵
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 species from the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2025-03-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion. — 🧍 Validation list no. 56 does not mention the emendation proposed by Kishimoto et al.
  • Okamura et al. 2015 Okamura K, Kawai A, Wakao N, Yamada T, Hiraishi A. Acidiphilium iwatense sp. nov., isolated from an acid mine drainage treatment plant, and emendation of the genus Acidiphilium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:42-48. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Degli-Esposti et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Acidocellaceae Degli Esposti et al. 2024. Publication: Degli Esposti M, Guerrero G, Rogel MA, Issotta F, Rojas-Villalobos C, Quatrini R, Martinez-Romero E. The phylogeny of Acetobacteraceae: photosynthetic traits and deranged respiratory enzymes. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0057523. 🇲🇽
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acicliphilium"; "Acidiphiliuni"; "Acidiphilum"; "Acidiphitium"; "Acidipliilium"; "Acidipliiliuni"; "Acidiplzilium"; "Acidophilium"; "Acirliphilium".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kishimoto et al. (1995). 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: ATCC: 9; DSM: 5; NCCB: 4; NBRC: 4; JCM: 4; IFO: 1; MTCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ADFL" 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acidiphilium acidophilum (Harrison 1983 ex Guay and Silver 1975) Hiraishi et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium aminilyticum corrig. Kishimoto et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acidiphilium aminolytica Kishimoto et al. 1994	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Acidiphilium angustum Wichlacz et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium cryptum Harrison 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium facile corrig. Wichlacz et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acidiphilium facilis Wichlacz et al. 1986	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Acidiphilium iwatense Okamura et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium multivorum Wakao et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium organovorum Lobos et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium rubrum Wichlacz et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acidiphilium symbioticum" Bhattacharyya et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸

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