Name: Mycolicibacter acidiphilus Xia et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 49392; M1; MCCC 1H00416

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16S rRNA gene: MZ171447 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xia J, Ni G, Wang Y, Zheng M, Hu S. Mycolicibacter acidiphilus sp. nov., an extremely acid-tolerant member of the genus Mycolicibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5419.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5524.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Mycolicibacter acidiphilus 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 Mycolicibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mycolicibacter Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Xia J, Ni G, Wang Y, Zheng M, Hu S. Mycolicibacter acidiphilus sp. nov., an extremely acid-tolerant member of the genus Mycolicibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5419.

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Record number: 29128