Name: "Rhizacidiphilus" Qiu and Cao 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rhi.za.ci.di.phi.lus. Gr. fem. n. rhiza, root; L. neut. adj. acidum, acid, sour; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. n. Rhizacidiphilus, bacteria from rhizosphere soil and acid-loving

Gender: masculine (stem: Rhizacidiphil-)

Type species: "Rhizacidiphilus tenax" (Whang et al. 2014) Qiu and Cao 2025

Original publication: Qiu L, Cao L. Description of Silvibacterium acidisoli sp. nov. and Edaphobacter albus sp. nov. and a Proposal for Taxonomic Rearrangements Within the Family Acidobacteriaceae Based on Comparative Genome Analysis. Taxonomy 2025; 5:40. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Terriglobus Eichorst et al. 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Alloterriglobus" Qiu and Cao 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Terriglobus Eichorst et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Terriglobus Eichorst et al. 2007. Publication: Whang KS, Lee JC, Lee HR, Han SI, Chung SH. Terriglobus tenax sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing acidobacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of a medicinal plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:431-437. 🇰🇷
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; LMG: 1; NBRC: 1; KACC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Rhizacidiphilus albidus" (Pascual et al. 2015) Qiu and Cao 2025	not validly published	synonym
    "Rhizacidiphilus tenax" (Whang et al. 2014) Qiu and Cao 2025	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012

Assigned by: Qiu L, Cao L. Description of Silvibacterium acidisoli sp. nov. and Edaphobacter albus sp. nov. and a Proposal for Taxonomic Rearrangements Within the Family Acidobacteriaceae Based on Comparative Genome Analysis. Taxonomy 2025; 5:40. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 72947