Name: Acidiphilium acidophilum (Harrison 1983 ex Guay and Silver 1975) Hiraishi et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiobacillus acidophilus (ex Guay and Silver 1975) Harrison 1983

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lum. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. acidophilum, acid loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27807; DSM 700

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D86511 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hiraishi A, Nagashima KV, Matsuura K, Shimada K, Takaichi S, Wakao N, Katayama Y. Phylogeny and photosynthetic features of Thiobacillus acidophilus and related acidophilic bacteria: its transfer to the genus Acidiphilium as Acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1389-1398.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiobacillus acidophilus (ex Guay and Silver 1975) Harrison 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Thiobacillus acidophilus" Guay and Silver 1975	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Acidiphilium Harrison 1981

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Nagashima KV, Matsuura K, Shimada K, Takaichi S, Wakao N, Katayama Y. Phylogeny and photosynthetic features of Thiobacillus acidophilus and related acidophilic bacteria: its transfer to the genus Acidiphilium as Acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1389-1398.

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Record number: 772579