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./fem. adj. pedioformis, flat shaped

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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