Name: Acidobacterium ailaaui Myers and King 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ai.la.au’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ailaaui, of the Hawaiian forest-eating fire god Ailaau

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 27394; LMG 28340; PMMR2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PP836138 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Myers MR, King GM. Isolation and characterization of Acidobacterium ailaaui sp. nov., a novel member of Acidobacteria subdivision 1, from a geothermally heated Hawaiian microbial mat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5328-5335.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudacidobacterium ailaaui (Myers and King 2016) Zhang et al. 2022	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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991

Assigned by: Myers MR, King GM. Isolation and characterization of Acidobacterium ailaaui sp. nov., a novel member of Acidobacteria subdivision 1, from a geothermally heated Hawaiian microbial mat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5328-5335.

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Record number: 794925