Name: Acidobacterium capsulatum Kishimoto et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.su.la’tum. L. fem. dim. n. capsula, a small box or chest; L. neut. adj. suff. -atum, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. neut. adj. capsulatum, with a chest, capsuled

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 161; ATCC 51196; DSM 11244; IFO 15755; JCM 7670; NBRC 15755

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16S rRNA gene: CP001472 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kishimoto N, Kosako Y, Tano T. Acidobacterium capsulatum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium containing menaquinone from acidic mineral environment. Curr. Microbiol. 1991; 22:1-7.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Pankratov et al. 2012 Pankratov TA, Kirsanova LA, Kaparullina EN, Kevbrin VV, Dedysh SN. Telmatobacter bradus gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulolytic facultative anaerobe from subdivision 1 of the Acidobacteria, and emended description of Acidobacterium capsulatum Kishimoto et al. 1991. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:430-437. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991. Publication: Kishimoto N, Kosako Y, Tano T. Acidobacterium capsulatum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium containing menaquinone from acidic mineral environment. Curr. Microbiol. 1991; 22:1-7.
  • 😷 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 34 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidobacterium Kishimoto et al. 1991

Assigned by: Kishimoto N, Kosako Y, Tano T. Acidobacterium capsulatum gen. nov., sp. nov.: an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium containing menaquinone from acidic mineral environment. Curr. Microbiol. 1991; 22:1-7.

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