Name: Hydrogenobacter acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. adj. acidus -a -um, sour; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. acidophilus, acid loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 3H-1; DSM 11251; JCM 8795

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: D16296 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shima S, Suzuki KI. Hydrogenobacter acidophilus sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic, aerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium requiring elemental sulfur for growth. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:703-708.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum (Shima and Suzuki 1993) Stöhr et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum (Shima and Suzuki 1993) Stöhr et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Hydrogenobacter acidophilus 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 Hydrogenobacter.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenobacter Kawasumi et al. 1984

Assigned by: Shima S, Suzuki KI. Hydrogenobacter acidophilus sp. nov., a thermoacidophilic, aerobic, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium requiring elemental sulfur for growth. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:703-708.

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Record number: 776933