Species Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
Name: Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (Beijerinck 1911) Baumann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: L. n. calx -cis, limestone, chalk; N.L. neut. n. acidum aceticum, acetic acid; N.L. masc. adj. calcoaceticus, pertaining to calcium acetate, which was used by Beijerinck in the enrichment medium from which he isolated the organism
Type strains: ATCC 23055; CAIM 17; CCUG 12804; CIP 81.08; DSM 30006; JCM 6842; LMG 1046; NCCB 22016; NCTC 12983
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene accession number: Z93434
Effective publication:
Baumann P, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY. A study of the Moraxella group. II. Oxidative-negative species (genus Acinetobacter). J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1520-1541. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Bouvet and Grimont 1986
Bouvet PJM, Grimont PAD. Taxonomy of the genus Acinetobacter with the recognition of Acinetobacter baumannii sp. nov., Acinetobacter haemolyticus sp. nov., Acinetobacter johnsonii sp. nov., and Acinetobacter junii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter lwoffii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:228-240.
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Bouvet and Grimont 1986
Bouvet PJM, Grimont PAD. Taxonomy of the genus Acinetobacter with the recognition of Acinetobacter baumannii sp. nov., Acinetobacter haemolyticus sp. nov., Acinetobacter johnsonii sp. nov., and Acinetobacter junii sp. nov. and emended descriptions of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter lwoffii. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:228-240.
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Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the genus Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brisou J, Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. X. Révision des espèces réunies dans le genre Achromobacter. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1954; 86:722-728.
Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Baumann P, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY. A study of the Moraxella group. II. Oxidative-negative species (genus Acinetobacter). J Bacteriol 1968; 95:1520-1541.
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