Species Acidilobus aceticus

Name: Acidilobus aceticus Prokofeva et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce’ti.cus. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. aceticus, pertaining to vinegar, intended to mean producing acetate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-DI-lo-bus a-KE-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: 1904; ATCC BAA-268; DSM 11585; JCM 11320

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16S rRNA gene: AF191225 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prokofeva MI, Miroshnichenko ML, Kostrikina NA, Chernyh NA, Kuznetsov BB, Tourova TP, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Acidilobus aceticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic thermoacidophilic archaeon from continental hot vents in Kamchatka. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2001-2008. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidilobus Prokofeva et al. 2000. Publication: Prokofeva MI, Miroshnichenko ML, Kostrikina NA, Chernyh NA, Kuznetsov BB, Tourova TP, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Acidilobus aceticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic thermoacidophilic archaeon from continental hot vents in Kamchatka. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2001-2008. 🇷🇺
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Acidilobus Prokofeva et al. 2000

Assigned by: Prokofeva MI, Miroshnichenko ML, Kostrikina NA, Chernyh NA, Kuznetsov BB, Tourova TP, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Acidilobus aceticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic thermoacidophilic archaeon from continental hot vents in Kamchatka. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2001-2008. 🇷🇺

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