Name: Acetobacterium wieringae Braun and Gottschalk 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wi.er.in’gae. N.L. gen. masc. n. wieringae, of Wieringa, named for K. T. Wieringa who isolated and described Clostridium aceticum, the first known acetogenic bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43740; DSM 1911; JCM 2380; LMG 7579

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16S rRNA gene: X96955 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Braun M, Gottschalk G. Acetobacterium wieringae sp. nov., a new species producing acetic acid from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:368-376.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Acetobacterium Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Braun M, Gottschalk G. Acetobacterium wieringae sp. nov., a new species producing acetic acid from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:368-376.

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Record number: 772533