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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Acetobacterium psammolithicum"

Name: "Acetobacterium psammolithicum" Krumholz et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: psam.mo.li’thi.cum. Gr. masc./fem. n. psammos, sand; Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; N.L. neut. adj. lithicum, of stone; N.L. neut. adj. psammolithicum, of sandstone

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ke-to-bak-TE-ri-um psam-mo-LI-thi-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: CN-E; SMCC W751

16S rRNA gene: AF132739 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Krumholz LR, Harris SH, Tay ST, Suflita JM. Characterization of two subsurface H2-utilizing bacteria, Desulfomicrobium hypogeium sp. nov. and Acetobacterium psammolithicum sp. nov., and their ecological roles. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:2300-2306. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Krumholz LR, Harris SH, Tay ST, Suflita JM. Characterization of two subsurface H2-utilizing bacteria, Desulfomicrobium hypogeium sp. nov. and Acetobacterium psammolithicum sp. nov., and their ecological roles. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:2300-2306. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 800867

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