Name: Ferroacidibacillus Johnson et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ro.a.ci.di.ba.cil’lus. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. pref. ferro-, pertaining to Fe(II) (ferrous iron) (keeps -o); L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Ferroacidibacillus, an acidophilic small rod that oxidises ferrous iron

Gender: masculine (stem: Ferroacidibacill-)

Type species: Ferroacidibacillus organovorans Johnson et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Johnson DB, Holmes DS, Vergara E, Holanda R, Pakostova E. Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104008.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Sulfoacidibacillaceae Li et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ferrooacidibacillus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Sulfoacidibacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ferroacidibacillus organovorans Johnson et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillaceae da Costa and Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Johnson DB, Holmes DS, Vergara E, Holanda R, Pakostova E. Sulfoacidibacillus ferrooxidans, gen. nov., sp. nov., Sulfoacidibacillus thermotolerans, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Ferroacidibacillus organovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov.: Extremely acidophilic chemolitho-heterotrophic Firmicutes. Res Microbiol 2022; 174:104008.

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Record number: 31668