Name: Acetothermus paucivorans Dietrich et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, eating little (utilizing only a very restricted number of the supplied substrates)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 20768; TN

Effective publication: Dietrich G, Weiss N, Winter J. Acetothermus paucivorans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium from sewage sludge, fermenting hexoses to acetate, CO2 and H2. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:174-179.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetothermus Dietrich et al. 1988. Publication: Dietrich G, Weiss N, Winter J. Acetothermus paucivorans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium from sewage sludge, fermenting hexoses to acetate, CO2 and H2. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:174-179.
  • According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • Deposit DSM 20768 does not seem to exist. — Pukall R. Personal communication, 2023-01-03.
  • The type strain DSM 20768 is not available in the DSMZ. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Acetothermus Dietrich et al. 1988

Assigned by: Dietrich G, Weiss N, Winter J. Acetothermus paucivorans, gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium from sewage sludge, fermenting hexoses to acetate, CO2 and H2. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:174-179.

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