Name: Selenomonas acidaminovorans Guangsheng et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.cid.a.mi.no’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. acidum aminum, amino acid; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. acidaminovorans, devouring amino acid

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-kid-a-mi-NO-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49978; DSM 6589; Su883

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16S rRNA gene: AF071414 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Guangsheng C, Plugge CM, Roelofsen W, Houwen FP, Stams AJM. Selenomonas acidaminovorans sp. nov., a versatile thermophilic proton-reducing anaerobe able to grow by decarboxylation of succinate to propionate. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:169-175.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 61. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:601-602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans (Guangsheng et al. 1997) Baena et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans (Guangsheng et al. 1997) Baena et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Selenomonas acidaminovorans 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 Selenomonas.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guangsheng C, Plugge CM, Roelofsen W, Houwen FP, Stams AJM. Selenomonas acidaminovorans sp. nov., a versatile thermophilic proton-reducing anaerobe able to grow by decarboxylation of succinate to propionate. Arch. Microbiol. 1992; 157:169-175.

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Record number: 780848