Name: Amoebobacter pedioformis Eichler and Pfennig 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.di.o.for’mis. Gr. neut. n. pedion, a plain, a flat area; L. adj. suff. -formis -is -e, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc. adj. pedioformis, flat shaped

Pronunciation, gender: pe-di-o-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: CML2; DSM 3802; Taichung

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16S rRNA gene: Y12297 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Eichler B, Pfennig N. Characterization of a new platelet-forming purple sulfur bacterium, Amoebobacter pedioformis sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 146:295-300.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiolamprovum pedioforme (Eichler and Pfennig 1987) Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiolamprovum pedioforme (Eichler and Pfennig 1987) Guyoneaud et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Amoebobacter pedioformis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amoebobacter.
  • 😷 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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Eichler B, Pfennig N. Characterization of a new platelet-forming purple sulfur bacterium, Amoebobacter pedioformis sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1986; 146:295-300.

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Record number: 773168