Name: Acidomonas methanolica (Uhlig et al. 1986) Urakami et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acetobacter methanolicus Uhlig et al. 1986

Etymology: me.tha.no’li.ca. N.L. neut. n. methanol, methanol; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. methanolica, relating to methanol

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43581; CCUG 37300; CIP 103167; DSM 5432; IMET 10945; JCM 6891; LMG 1668; MB58; NCCB 89007; NRIC 498; TK 0705; VKM B-2104

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16S rRNA gene: X77468 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:50-55.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter methanolicus Uhlig et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Yamashita et al. 2004 Yamashita S, Uchimura T, Komagata K. Emendation of the genus Acidomonas Urakami, Tamaoka, Suzuki and Komagata 1989. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:865-870. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989. Publication: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:50-55.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989

Assigned by: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:50-55.

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