Name: Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983

Etymology: a.ce.to.e.thy’li.cus. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. masc. adj. ethylicus, pertaining to ethyl alcohol; N.L. masc. adj. acetoethylicus, intended to mean producing acetic acid and ethanol

Pronunciation, gender: … a-ke-to-e-T^HY-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33265; DSM 2359; HTB2; HTB2/W

16S rRNA gene: X69336 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of the type species of the genus Thermobacteroides to the genus Thermoanaerobacter as Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981) comb. nov., description of Coprothermobacter gen. nov., and reclassification of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:857-859. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacter Wiegel and Ljungdahl 1982

Assigned by: Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of the type species of the genus Thermobacteroides to the genus Thermoanaerobacter as Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1981) comb. nov., description of Coprothermobacter gen. nov., and reclassification of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus as Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (Ollivier et al. 1985) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:857-859. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 782496