Name: Acetobacterium tundrae Simankova et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tun’drae N.L. gen. n. tundrae, of/from the tundra (a cold treeless zone located in the north of Eurasia and North America)

Gender: neuter

Type strains: DSM 917; DSM 9173; Z-4493

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ297449 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Simankova MV, Kotsyurbenko OR, Stackebrandt E, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA, Nozhevnikova AN. Acetobacterium tundrae sp nov, a new psychrophilic acetogenic bacterium from tundra soil. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:440-447.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • According to Rules 27(3) and 30, Acetobacterium tundrae Simankova et al. 2001 is not validly published because, at the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries [1]. Publication: Anonymous. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.
  • In a Request for an Opinion, Euzéby and Tindall provide a solution whereby this name may be considered to be validly published [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

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

Assigned by: Simankova MV, Kotsyurbenko OR, Stackebrandt E, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA, Nozhevnikova AN. Acetobacterium tundrae sp nov, a new psychrophilic acetogenic bacterium from tundra soil. Arch Microbiol 2000; 174:440-447.

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