Name: Acidiphilium multivorum Wakao et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.vo.rum. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. v. voro, to eat, devour; N.L. neut. adj. multivorum, devouring many kinds of substances

Gender: neuter

Type strain: AIU 301; DSM 11245; JCM 8867; NBRC 100785; NBRC 100883

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB006711 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wakao N, Nagasawa N, Matsuura T, Matsukura H, Matsumoto T, Hiraishi A, Sakurai Y, Shiota H. Acidiphilium multivorum sp. nov., an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium from pyritic acid mine drainage. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 40:143-159.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 52. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:197-198.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidiphilium Harrison 1981

Assigned by: Wakao N, Nagasawa N, Matsuura T, Matsukura H, Matsumoto T, Hiraishi A, Sakurai Y, Shiota H. Acidiphilium multivorum sp. nov., an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium from pyritic acid mine drainage. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 40:143-159.

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