Name: Acidobacterium capsulatum Kishimoto et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene accession number: CP001472

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

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.

• 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.

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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