Name: Pseudacidobacterium ailaaui (Myers and King 2016) Zhang et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acidobacterium ailaaui Myers and King 2016

Etymology: ai.la.au’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ailaaui, of the Hawaiian forest-eating fire god Ailaau

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 27394; LMG 28340; PMMR2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX306477 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang QM, Fu JC, Chen ZQ, Qiu LH. Paracidobacterium acidisoli gen. nov., sp. nov. and Alloacidobacterium dinghuense gen. nov., sp. nov., two acidobacteria isolated from forest soil, and reclassification of Acidobacterium ailaaui and Acidipila dinghuensis as Pseudacidobacterium ailaaui gen. nov., comb. nov. and Silvibacterium dinghuense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5415.

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: synonym

Correct name: Acidobacterium ailaaui Myers and King 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acidobacterium ailaaui Myers and King 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudacidobacterium Zhang et al. 2022. Publication: Zhang QM, Fu JC, Chen ZQ, Qiu LH. Paracidobacterium acidisoli gen. nov., sp. nov. and Alloacidobacterium dinghuense gen. nov., sp. nov., two acidobacteria isolated from forest soil, and reclassification of Acidobacterium ailaaui and Acidipila dinghuensis as Pseudacidobacterium ailaaui gen. nov., comb. nov. and Silvibacterium dinghuense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5415.
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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.
  • ❗ Pseudacidobacterium ailaaui 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 Pseudacidobacterium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudacidobacterium Zhang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Zhang QM, Fu JC, Chen ZQ, Qiu LH. Paracidobacterium acidisoli gen. nov., sp. nov. and Alloacidobacterium dinghuense gen. nov., sp. nov., two acidobacteria isolated from forest soil, and reclassification of Acidobacterium ailaaui and Acidipila dinghuensis as Pseudacidobacterium ailaaui gen. nov., comb. nov. and Silvibacterium dinghuense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5415.

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