Name: Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans Westerholm et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce.tat.o.xy’dans. N.L. masc. n. acetas, acetate; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. acetatoxydans, acetate-oxidizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ke-tat-o-KSY-dans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21804; JCM 16047; Re1

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16S rRNA gene: EU386163 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Westerholm M, Roos S, Schnurer A. Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans sp. nov., an anaerobic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from two ammonium-enriched mesophilic methanogenic processes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:260-266. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2025-08-12.

Parent taxon: Tepidanaerobacter Sekiguchi et al. 2006

Assigned by: Westerholm M, Roos S, Schnurer A. Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans sp. nov., an anaerobic, syntrophic acetate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from two ammonium-enriched mesophilic methanogenic processes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:260-266. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 66870