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Name: Acidothermus Mohagheghi et al. 1986
Etymology: A.ci.do.ther.mus. L. masc. adj. acidus, sour, acid; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. masc. n. Acidothermus, acid and hot (loving)
Gender: masculine (stem: Acidotherm-)
Type species: Acidothermus cellulolyticus Mohagheghi et al. 1986
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Mohagheghi A, Grohmann K, Himmel M, Leighton L, Updegraff DM. Isolation and characterization of Acidothermus cellulolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of thermophilic, acidophilic, cellulolytic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:435-443.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Acidothermus cellulolyticus Mohagheghi et al. 1986 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Acidothermaceae Rainey et al. 1997
Assigned by:
Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
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Record number: 515019