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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Hydrogenobacter acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lum. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. adj. acidus -a -um, sour; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. acidophilum, acid loving

Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-DO-p^hi-lum, neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16296 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stohr R, Waberski A, Volker H, Tindall BJ, Thomm M. Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1853-1862.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hydrogenobacter acidophilus Shima and Suzuki 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hydrogenobaculum Stöhr et al. 2001. Publication: Stohr R, Waberski A, Volker H, Tindall BJ, Thomm M. Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1853-1862.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenobaculum Stöhr et al. 2001

Assigned by: Stohr R, Waberski A, Volker H, Tindall BJ, Thomm M. Hydrogenothermus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, recognition of Calderobacterium hydrogenophilum as a member of the genus Hydrogenobacter and proposal of the reclassification of Hydrogenobacter acidophilus as Hydrogenobaculum acidophilum gen. nov., comb. nov., in the phylum 'Hydrogenobacter/Aquifex'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1853-1862.

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