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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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