Name: Acetofilamentum rigidum Dietrich et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ri.gi.dum. L. neut. adj. rigidum, stiff, rigid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 20769; MN

Effective publication: Dietrich G, Weiss N, Fiedler F, Winter J. Acetofilamentum rigidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium from sewage sludge. System. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:273-278.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetofilamentum Dietrich et al. 1989. Publication: Dietrich G, Weiss N, Fiedler F, Winter J. Acetofilamentum rigidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium from sewage sludge. System. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:273-278.
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • Deposit DSM 20769 does not appear to exist. — Pukall R. Personal communication, 2023-01-03.
  • The type strain DSM 20769 is not available in the DSMZ. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Acetofilamentum Dietrich et al. 1989

Assigned by: Dietrich G, Weiss N, Fiedler F, Winter J. Acetofilamentum rigidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium from sewage sludge. System. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:273-278.

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