Name: Acetobacterium bakii Kotsyurbenko et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bakii, of Bak, named for F. Bak who isolated the first psychrotolerant homoacetogenic bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51794; DSM 8239; Z-4391

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X96960 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kotsyurbenko OR, Simankova MV, Nozhevnikova AN, Zhilina TN, Bolotina NP, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA. New species of psychrophilic acetogens: Acetobacterium bakii sp. nov., A. paludosum sp. nov., A. fimetarium sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 163:29-34.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 60. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:242.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acetobacterium Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kotsyurbenko OR, Simankova MV, Nozhevnikova AN, Zhilina TN, Bolotina NP, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA. New species of psychrophilic acetogens: Acetobacterium bakii sp. nov., A. paludosum sp. nov., A. fimetarium sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1995; 163:29-34.

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