Name: Geoglobus acetivorans Slobodkina et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce.ti.vo’rans. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar, used to refer to acetic acid; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. acetivorans, vinegar (acetic acid) consuming

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21716; SBH6; VKM B-2522

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16S rRNA gene: FJ216404 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Querellou J, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Geoglobus acetivorans sp. nov., an iron(III)-reducing archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2880-2883.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Geoglobus acetivorans Slobodkina et al. 2009 is not validly published because the genus name Geoglobus Kashefi et al. 2002 is not validly published. Publication: Kashefi K, Tor JM, Holmes DE, Gaw Van Praagh CV, Reysenbach AL, Lovley DR. Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon capable of oxidizing organic acids and growing autotrophically on hydrogen with Fe(III) serving as the sole electron acceptor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:719-728.

Parent taxon: Geoglobus Kashefi et al. 2002

Assigned by: Slobodkina GB, Kolganova TV, Querellou J, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Geoglobus acetivorans sp. nov., an iron(III)-reducing archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2880-2883.

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