Name: Acetivibrio mesophilus (Rettenmaier et al. 2019) Tindall 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Hungateiclostridium mesophilum Rettenmaier et al. 2019

Etymology: me.so’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, mesophilic, referring to the mesophilic temperature optimum of the strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 9704; DSM 107956; N2K1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK138666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tindall BJ. Replacement of the illegitimate genus name Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018 in Hungateiclostridium mesophilum Rettenmaier et al. 2019 by Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980, creating Acetivibrio mesophilus (Rettenmaier et al. 2019). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3967-3968.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hungateiclostridium mesophilum Rettenmaier et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. Replacement of the illegitimate genus name Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018 in Hungateiclostridium mesophilum Rettenmaier et al. 2019 by Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980, creating Acetivibrio mesophilus (Rettenmaier et al. 2019). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3967-3968.

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Record number: 5587