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Species Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus
Name: Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus Matsubara et al. 2002
Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidiphilus, acid-loving
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ki-DI-phi-lus, masculine
Type strain: DSM 14558; IAM 14935; JCM 21417; NBRC 100859; NRIC 496; TA-67
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB076660
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Matsubara H, Goto K, Matsumura T, Mochida K, Iwaki M, Niwa M, Yamasato K. Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus sp. nov., a novel thermo-acidophilic, omega-alicyclic fatty acid-containing bacterium isolated from acidic beverages. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1681-1685. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
- 🧍 In the paper by Matsubara et al. 2002, the type strain NRIC 0496 is erroneously cited as NRIC 6496. — Kracht M. Personal communication, 2005-07-01.
Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992
Assigned by:
Matsubara H, Goto K, Matsumura T, Mochida K, Iwaki M, Niwa M, Yamasato K. Alicyclobacillus acidiphilus sp. nov., a novel thermo-acidophilic, omega-alicyclic fatty acid-containing bacterium isolated from acidic beverages. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1681-1685. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 773042
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