Name: Acetogenium kivui Leigh and Wolfe 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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