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Genus "Acuformis"
Etymology: A.cu.for.mis. L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, form; N.L. masc./fem. n. Acuformis
Type species: "Acuformis alcaligenes" (Debono 1912) Prévot 1940
Original publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the family "Plectridiaceae". Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acnfurmis"; "Acufarmis"; "Acufurmis"; "Acuiormis"; "Aeuformis".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AUFM" 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Acuformis alcaligenes" (Debono 1912) Prévot 1940 not validly published preferred name "Acuformis perennis" Prévot 1940 not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists synonym
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Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Buchanan RE, Holt JG, Lessel Jr. EF. Index Bergeyana. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1966.
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Record number: 5925
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