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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Selenomonas acidaminovorans Guangsheng et al. 1997

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

Pronunciation, gender: a-kid-a-mi-NO-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49978; DSM 6589; Su883

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16S rRNA gene: AF071414 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Woo TH, Ollivier B, Labat M, Patel BK. Phylogenetic relationships of three amino-acid-utilizing anaerobes, Selenomonas acidaminovorans, 'Selenomonas acidaminophila' and Eubacterium acidaminophilum, as inferred from partial 16S rDNA nucleotide sequences and proposal of Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans gen. nov., comb. nov. and Anaeromusa acidaminophila gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:969-974.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Selenomonas acidaminovorans Guangsheng et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Palaniappan et al. 2013 Palaniappan K, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Teshima H, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Tice H, Del Rio TG, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, et al. Genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic sulfur-reducing bacterium Thermanaerovibrio velox type strain (Z-9701^T) and emended description of the genus Thermanaerovibrio. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:57-70. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermanaerovibrio Baena et al. 1999. Publication: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Woo TH, Ollivier B, Labat M, Patel BK. Phylogenetic relationships of three amino-acid-utilizing anaerobes, Selenomonas acidaminovorans, 'Selenomonas acidaminophila' and Eubacterium acidaminophilum, as inferred from partial 16S rDNA nucleotide sequences and proposal of Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans gen. nov., comb. nov. and Anaeromusa acidaminophila gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:969-974.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Chovatia M, Sikorski J, Schroder M, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Tice H, Glavina Del Rio T, Copeland A, Cheng JF, Lucas S, et al. Complete genome sequence of Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans type strain (Su883). Stand Genomic Sci 2009; 1:254-261.

Parent taxon: Thermanaerovibrio Baena et al. 1999

Assigned by: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Woo TH, Ollivier B, Labat M, Patel BK. Phylogenetic relationships of three amino-acid-utilizing anaerobes, Selenomonas acidaminovorans, 'Selenomonas acidaminophila' and Eubacterium acidaminophilum, as inferred from partial 16S rDNA nucleotide sequences and proposal of Thermanaerovibrio acidaminovorans gen. nov., comb. nov. and Anaeromusa acidaminophila gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:969-974.

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