Genus Acidocella

Name: Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.do.cel’la. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. fem. n. cella, a store-room, a chamber and, in biology, a cell; N.L. fem. n. Acidocella, acid (-requiring) cell

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Acidocell-), a-ki-do-KEL-la

Type species: Acidocella facilis (Wichlacz et al. 1986) Kishimoto et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of 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. 🇲🇽
- 🧕 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. 🇲🇽
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Acidiphilium Harrison 1981. Publication: Wichlacz PL, Unz RF, Langworthy TA. Acidiphilium angustum sp. nov., Acidiphilium facilis sp. nov., and Acidiphilium rubrum sp. nov.: acidophilic heterotrophic bacteria isolated from acidic coal mine drainage. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:197-201.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03489 (N = 9).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2; NCCB: 2; VTCC: 1; JCM: 1.
- 😷 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Acidocella aluminiidurans Kimoto et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Acidocella aminolytica corrig. (Kishimoto et al. 1994) Kishimoto et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Acidocella aquatica Okamoto et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Acidocella aromatica Jones et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Acidocella facilis (Wichlacz et al. 1986) Kishimoto et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct 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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