Name: Acetobacteroides hydrogenigenes Su et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. hydrogenigenes, hydrogen-producing, referring to the metabolic property of the species

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5173; DSM 24657; JCM 17603; RL-C

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB611036 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Su XL, Tian Q, Zhang J, Yuan XZ, Shi XS, Guo RB, Qiu YL. Acetobacteroides hydrogenigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic hydrogen-producing bacterium in the family Rikenellaceae isolated from a reed swamp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2986-2991.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetobacteroides Su et al. 2014. Publication: Su XL, Tian Q, Zhang J, Yuan XZ, Shi XS, Guo RB, Qiu YL. Acetobacteroides hydrogenigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic hydrogen-producing bacterium in the family Rikenellaceae isolated from a reed swamp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2986-2991.

Parent taxon: Acetobacteroides Su et al. 2014

Assigned by: Su XL, Tian Q, Zhang J, Yuan XZ, Shi XS, Guo RB, Qiu YL. Acetobacteroides hydrogenigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic hydrogen-producing bacterium in the family Rikenellaceae isolated from a reed swamp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2986-2991.

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