Name: Andreesenella acetica (Gottschalk and Braun 1981 ex Wieringa 1940) Poehlein et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Clostridium aceticum (ex Wieringa 1940) Gottschalk and Braun 1981

Etymology: a.ce’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum aceticum, acetate; N.L. fem. adj. acetica, pertaining to acetate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KE-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35044; DSM 1496; Wieringa

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y18183 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Poehlein A, Zeldes B, Flaiz M, Boer T, Luschen A, Hofele F, Baur KS, Molitor B, Kroly C, Wang M, et al. Corrigendum to "Advanced aspects of acetogens" [Bioresour. Technol. 427 (2025) 131913]. Bioresour Technol 2025; 435:132886. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Andreesenella acetica" (Gottschalk and Braun 1981 ex Wieringa 1940) Poehlein et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Clostridium aceticum (ex Wieringa 1940) Gottschalk and Braun 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11542 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-02-03.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Andreesenella formicoacetica from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Andreesenella Poehlein et al. 2026

Assigned by: Poehlein A, Zeldes B, Flaiz M, Boer T, Luschen A, Hofele F, Baur KS, Molitor B, Kroly C, Wang M, et al. Corrigendum to "Advanced aspects of acetogens" [Bioresour. Technol. 427 (2025) 131913]. Bioresour Technol 2025; 435:132886. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 70466