Name: Acidithiobacillus concretivorus (Parker 1945) Boden and Hutt 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiobacillus concretivorus Parker 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: con.cre.ti.vo’rus. L. neut. adj. concretum, firm or solid matter, concrete; from L. masc. adj. concretus, hardened, condensed; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, swallowing up, destroying; N.L. masc. adj. concretivorus, concrete devouring, concrete destroying

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19703; NCIB 8345; NCIMB 8345

Effective publication: Boden R, Hutt LP. Acidithiobacillus. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-19.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (Waksman and Joffe 1922) Kelly and Wood 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (Waksman and Joffe 1922) Kelly and Wood 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiobacillus thiooxidans Waksman and Joffe 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thiobacillus concretivorus Parker 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • According to Kelly and Wood (2000), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Thiobacillus thiooxidans Waksman and Joffe 1922 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.
  • According to Kelly and Wood (2000), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (Waksman and Joffe 1922) Kelly and Wood 2000. Publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.
  • Acidithiobacillus concretivorus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Acidithiobacillus.

Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Assigned by: Boden R, Hutt LP. Acidithiobacillus. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-19.

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Record number: 19545