Name: Acidomonas methanolica (Uhlig et al. 1986) Urakami et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acetobacter methanolicus Uhlig et al. 1986

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. methanol, methanol; L. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. methanolica, relating to methanol

Type strains: ATCC 43581; CCUG 37300; CIP 103167; DSM 5432; IMET 10945; JCM 6891; LMG 1668; NCCB 89007; NRIC 0498; strain MB 58; strain TK 0705; VKM B-2104

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AB110702

Valid publication: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:50-55.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter methanolicus Uhlig et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Yamashita et al. 2004 Yamashita S, Uchimura T, Komagata K. Emendation of the genus Acidomonas Urakami, Tamaoka, Suzuki and Komagata 1989. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:865-870.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989. Publication: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:50-55.

Parent taxon: Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989

Assigned by: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Acidomonas gen. nov., incorporating Acetobacter methanolicus as Acidomonas methanolica comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:50-55.

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