Name: Acetobacterium tundrae Simankova et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ke-to-bak-TE-ri-um TUN-dra͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-996; DSM 917; DSM 9173; Z-4493

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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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
  • 🧍 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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