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. part. adj. acidaminovorans, devouring amino acid

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49978; DSM 6589; Su883

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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