Name: Acetomicrobium mobile (Menes and Muxí 2002) Ben Hania et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Anaerobaculum mobile Menes and Muxí 2002

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, motile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-54; DSM 13181; NGA

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ243189 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 mobile Menes and Muxí 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.39881 (N = 4).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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: 793977