Name: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ci.ne.to.bac’ter. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. ind. v. kineô, to set in motion, move; N.L. adj. acinetus, unable to move; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Acinetobacter, nonmotile rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Acinetobacter-), a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter

Type species: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Beijerinck 1911) Baumann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brisou J, Prevot AR. [Studies on bacterial taxonomy. X. The revision of species under Acromobacter group]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1954; 86:722-728.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beijerinck MW. Pigments as products of oxidation by bacterial action. Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences (Amsterdam) 1911; 13:1066-1077.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acenetobacter"; "Acenitobacter"; "Acetinobacter"; "Acienetobacter"; "Acientobacter"; "Acietobacter"; "Acinectobacter"; "Acinelobacter"; "Acineobacter"; "Acinetobacacter"; "Acinetobacer"; "Acinetobacier"; "Acinetobactcr"; "Acinetobacte"; "Acinetobactor"; "Acinetobucter"; "Acinetohacter"; "Acinetubacbr"; "Acinetubacter"; "Acinitobacter"; "Acinotobacter"; "Acintobacter"; "Acitenobacter"; "Acitietobacter"; "Acnetinobacter"; "Aconetobacter"; "Actinetobacter"; "Adnetobacter"; "Aeinetobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Acinetobacteres"; "Acinetobacteria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Shestivska et al. (2024), Nemec et al. (2022), Jiang et al. (2025), Li et al. (2015), Qin et al. (2020). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05151 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 44; CCUG: 41; LMG: 30; CIP: 28; CCM: 28; JCM: 25; KCTC: 25; ATCC: 15; GDMCC: 14; CNCTC: 13.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "genomosp. 2: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "sp. phenon 2: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; ATCC 55587: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; sp. phenon 1: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; default: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ANBT" 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: 90
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 94
Total number of child taxa: 122

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acinetobacter albensis Krizova et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter amyesii Nemec et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter anitratum" (Schaub and Hauber 1948) Brisou and Prévot 1954	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Acinetobacter anitratus" (Schaub and Hauber 1948) Steel and Cowan 1964	not validly published	preferred name
    "Acinetobacter antiviralis" Lee et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter apis Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Acinetobacter avistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Acinetobacter baretiae Álvarez-Pérez et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter baumannii Bouvet and Grimont 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter baylyi Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter beijerinckii Nemec et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter bereziniae Nemec et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter bohemicus Krizova et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter boissieri Álvarez-Pérez et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter bouvetii Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter brisouii Anandham et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter butyri" Brisou and Prévot 1954	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Beijerinck 1911) Baumann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, lectotype	correct name
    Acinetobacter celticus Radolfova-Krizova et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter chengduensis Qin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter chenhuanii He et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter chinensis Hu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter colistiniresistens Nemec et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter corruptisaponis Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter courvalinii Nemec et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter cumulans Qin et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter defluvii Hu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter delmarvae" Brisou and Prévot 1954	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae Cosgaya et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acinetobacter dispersus Nemec et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter entericus Dong and Yang 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter equi Poppel et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter faecalis Chen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter gandensis Smet et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter geminorum Wolf et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter gerneri Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter glutaminasificans" Wlodawer et al. 1975	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter grimontii Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acinetobacter guangdongensis Feng et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acinetobacter guerrae Carvalheira et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter guillouiae Nemec et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter gyllenbergii Nemec et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter haemolyticus (ex Stenzel and Mannheim 1963) Bouvet and Grimont 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter halotolerans Dahal et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter harbinensis Li et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter hemolyticus" Banerjee et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter higginsii Nemec et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter idrijaensis" Campos-Guillen et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter ihumii Yacouba et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter indicus Malhotra et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter johnsonii Bouvet and Grimont 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter junii Bouvet and Grimont 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter kanungonis Das et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter kookii Choi et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter kyonggiensis" Lee and Lee 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter lactucae Rooney et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter lanii Zhu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter larvae Liu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter lwoffii (Audureau 1940) Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter marinus" Yoon et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    "Acinetobacter mesopotamicus" Acer et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter modestus Nemec et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter movanagherensis" Moore et al. 2014	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter nectaris Álvarez-Pérez et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter nematophilus Machado et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter nosocomialis Nemec et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter oleivorans Kang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter oryzae" Chaudhary et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter pakistanensis Abbas et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acinetobacter parvus Nemec et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter pecorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter pecorum Pallen 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Acinetobacter pediculi" Boumbanda Koyo et al. 2019	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Acinetobacter piscicola Liu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter pittii Nemec et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter plantarum" Du et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter pollinis Álvarez-Pérez et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter populi Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter portensis Carvalheira et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter pragensis Radolfova-Krizova et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter proteolyticus Nemec et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter pseudolwoffii Nemec et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter pullicarnis" Han et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    "Acinetobacter pullorum" Elnar et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter puyangensis Li et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter qingfengensis Li et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter radioresistens Nishimura et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter rathckeae Álvarez-Pérez et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter refrigeratorensis" Feng et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    "Acinetobacter refrigeratoris" Feng et al. 2015	not validly published	synonym
    "Acinetobacter rongchengensis" Qin et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter rudis Vaz-Moreira et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter schindleri Nemec et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter sedimenti Zheng et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter seifertii Nemec et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter seohaensis" Yoon et al. 2007	not validly published	synonym
    "Acinetobacter septicus" Kilic et al. 2008	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter shaoyimingii Zhu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter sichuanensis Qin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter silvestris Nemec et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter soli Kim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter stenohalis" Brisou and Prévot 1954	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter stercoris Pulami et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter suaedae Xu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter tandoii Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter terrae Nemec et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter terrestris Nemec et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter thermotolerans Shestivska et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter thutiue" Tuyet and Kim 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Acinetobacter tianfuensis" Qin et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Acinetobacter tibetensis Pan et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter tjernbergiae Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter towneri Carr et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter ursingii Nemec et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter variabilis Krizova et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter venetianus (ex Di Cello et al. 1997) Vaneechoutte et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acinetobacter venetianus" Di Cello et al. 1997	not validly published	synonym
    Acinetobacter vivianii Nemec et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter wanghuae Zhu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter wuhouensis Hu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter yuyunsongii He et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acinetobacter zhairhuonensis Jiang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991

Assigned by: Rossau R, Van Landschoot A, Gillis M, De Ley J. Taxonomy of Moraxellaceae fam. nov., a new bacterial family to accommodate the genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, and Psychrobacter and related organisms. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:310-319.

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