Name: "Hydrogenophaga electricum" Kimura and Okabe 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.lec’tri.cum. L. neut. n. electrum, amber; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. electricum, referring to generation of electricity (electron so called because it first was generated by rubbing amber)

Pronunciation, gender: e-LEK-tri-kum, feminine

Nomenclatural type: AR20; KCTC 32195; NBRC 109341

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Original publication: Kimura Z, Okabe S. Hydrogenophaga electricum sp. nov., isolated from anodic biofilms of an acetate-fed microbial fuel cell. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:261-266.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenophaga Willems et al. 1989

Assigned by: Kimura Z, Okabe S. Hydrogenophaga electricum sp. nov., isolated from anodic biofilms of an acetate-fed microbial fuel cell. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2013; 59:261-266.

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Record number: 1578