Name: Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans Maune and Tanner 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni.for’mans. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. hydrogeniformans, producing hydrogen

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1850; DSM 22491; OS1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ862996 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maune MW, Tanner RS. Description of Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans sp. nov., an anaerobe that produces hydrogen from glucose, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:832-838.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans (Maune and Tanner 2012) Ben Hania et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans (Maune and Tanner 2012) Ben Hania et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans 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 Anaerobaculum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997

Assigned by: Maune MW, Tanner RS. Description of Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans sp. nov., an anaerobe that produces hydrogen from glucose, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:832-838.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/anaerobaculum-hydrogeniformansCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 789815