Genus Acidobacterium

Name: Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.do.bac.te’ri.um. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Acidobacterium, an acid-loving rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Acidobacteri-), a-ki-do-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Acidobacterium capsulatum Kishimoto et al. 1991

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kishimoto N, Kosako Y, Tano T. Acidobacterium capsulatum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium containing menaquinone from acidic mineral environment. Curr. Microbiol. 1991; 22:1-7.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudacidobacterium Zhang et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Acidobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012. Publication: Thrash JC, Coates JD. Family I. Acidobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 728. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Acidobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the order Acidobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Acidobacteriota Thrash and Coates 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056. 🇮🇱
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acidbacterium"; "Acidiobacterium"; "Acidobaclerium"; "Acidobactnium"; "Acldobacterium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; NBRC: 1; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1; IFO: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acidobacterium ailaaui Myers and King 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidobacterium capsulatum Kishimoto et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012

Assigned by: Thrash JC, Coates JD. Family I. Acidobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 728. 🇺🇸

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