Name: Acidiplasma cupricumulans (Hawkes et al. 2008) Golyshina et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ferroplasma cupricumulans Hawkes et al. 2008

Etymology: cu.pri.cu’mu.lans. L. neut. n. cuprum, copper; L. pres. part. cumulans, heaping up, accumulating; N.L. neut. part. adj. cupricumulans, copper-accumulating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-di-PLAS-ma ku-pri-KU-mu-lans, neuter

Type strain: BH 2; DSM 16651; JCM 13668

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY907888 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Golyshina OV, Yakimov MM, Lunsdorf H, Ferrer M, Nimtz M, Timmis KN, Wray V, Tindall BJ, Golyshin PN. Acidiplasma aeolicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a euryarchaeon of the family Ferroplasmaceae isolated from a hydrothermal pool, and transfer of Ferroplasma cupricumulans to Acidiplasma cupricumulans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2815-2823. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ferroplasma cupricumulans Hawkes et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Golyshina et al. 2009, the type strain DSM 16651 is erroneously cited as DSM 16551. — Spring S. Personal communication, 2009-11-09.

Parent taxon: Acidiplasma Golyshina et al. 2009

Assigned by: Golyshina OV, Yakimov MM, Lunsdorf H, Ferrer M, Nimtz M, Timmis KN, Wray V, Tindall BJ, Golyshin PN. Acidiplasma aeolicum gen. nov., sp. nov., a euryarchaeon of the family Ferroplasmaceae isolated from a hydrothermal pool, and transfer of Ferroplasma cupricumulans to Acidiplasma cupricumulans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2815-2823. 🇩🇪

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