Name: Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans (Maune and Tanner 2012) Ben Hania et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans Maune and Tanner 2012

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni.for’mans. L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. neut. part. adj. hydrogeniformans, hydrogenforming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1850; DSM 22491; OS1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ862996 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hania WB, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Cayol JL, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Reclassification of Anaerobaculum mobile, Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum, Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans as Acetomicrobium mobile comb. nov., Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum comb. nov. and Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Acetomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1506-1509.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans Maune and Tanner 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.27028 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acetomicrobium Soutschek et al. 1985

Assigned by: Hania WB, Bouanane-Darenfed A, Cayol JL, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Reclassification of Anaerobaculum mobile, Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum, Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans as Acetomicrobium mobile comb. nov., Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum comb. nov. and Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Acetomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1506-1509.

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Record number: 793979