Name: Acetonema longum Kane and Breznak 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lon’gum. L. neut. adj. longum, long in shape

Gender: neuter

Type strain: APO-1; ATCC 51454; DSM 6540

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ010964 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kane MD, Breznak JA. Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis. Arch Microbiol 1991; 156:91-98.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetonema Kane and Breznak 1992. Publication: Kane MD, Breznak JA. Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis. Arch Microbiol 1991; 156:91-98.

Parent taxon: Acetonema Kane and Breznak 1992

Assigned by: Kane MD, Breznak JA. Acetonema longum gen. nov. sp. nov., an H2/CO2 acetogenic bacterium from the termite, Pterotermes occidentis. Arch Microbiol 1991; 156:91-98.

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Record number: 772544