Name: Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Effective publication: Ben-Bassat A, Zeikus JG. Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus gen. nov. and spec. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1981; 128:365-370.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoanaerobacter acetoethylicus (Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983) Rainey and Stackebrandt 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermobacteroides Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983. Publication: Ben-Bassat A, Zeikus JG. Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus gen. nov. and spec. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1981; 128:365-370.
  • ❗ Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus 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 Thermobacteroides.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thermobacteroides Ben-Bassat and Zeikus 1983

Assigned by: Ben-Bassat A, Zeikus JG. Thermobacteroides acetoethylicus gen. nov. and spec. nov., a new chemoorganotrophic, anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1981; 128:365-370.

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Record number: 782540