Name: Anaerobaculum mobile Menes and Muxí 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, motile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-a-e-ro-BA-ku-lum MO-bi-le, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-54; DSM 13181; NGA

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16S rRNA gene: AJ243189 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Menes RJ, Muxi L. Anaerobaculum mobile sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, peptide-fermenting bacterium that uses crotonate as an electron acceptor, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:157-164. 🇺🇾

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Acetomicrobium mobile (Menes and Muxí 2002) Ben Hania et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetomicrobium mobile (Menes and Muxí 2002) Ben Hania et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Anaerobaculum mobile 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 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 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mavromatis K, Stackebrandt E, Held B, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, et al. Complete genome sequence of the moderate thermophile Anaerobaculum mobile type strain (NGA^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:47-57. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The specific epithet mobile is a L. neut. adj. not a L. masc. adj. as cited in the paper by Menes and Muxí 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Anaerobaculum Rees et al. 1997

Assigned by: Menes RJ, Muxi L. Anaerobaculum mobile sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, peptide-fermenting bacterium that uses crotonate as an electron acceptor, and emended description of the genus Anaerobaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:157-164. 🇺🇾

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