Name: Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ki.vu.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. kivui, pertaining to Kivu, named for its source, Lake Kivu [probably better: kivuii]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33488; DSM 2030

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16S rRNA gene: L09160 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Leigh JA, Wolfe RS. Acetogenium kivui gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic acetogenic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:886.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermoanaerobacter kivui (Leigh and Wolfe 1983) Collins et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacter kivui (Leigh and Wolfe 1983) Collins et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetogenium Leigh and Wolfe 1983. Publication: Leigh JA, Wolfe RS. Acetogenium kivui gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic acetogenic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:886.
  • ❗ Acetogenium kivui is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Acetogenium.
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Acetogenium Leigh and Wolfe 1983

Assigned by: Leigh JA, Wolfe RS. Acetogenium kivui gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic acetogenic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:886.

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Record number: 772537