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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2023-10-29. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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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