Name: Acetobacterium woodii Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wood’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. woodii, of Wood, named for H.G. Wood for his pioneering work on the total synthesis of acetate from CO2 by bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29683; DSM 1030; JCM 2381

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16S rRNA gene: X96954 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Balch WE, Schoberth S, Tanner RS, Wolfe RS. Acetobacterium, a new genus of hydrogen-oxidizing, carbon dioxide-reducing, anaerobic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:355-361.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetobacterium Balch et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Balch WE, Schoberth S, Tanner RS, Wolfe RS. Acetobacterium, a new genus of hydrogen-oxidizing, carbon dioxide-reducing, anaerobic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:355-361.
  • 😷 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 175 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Balch WE, Schoberth S, Tanner RS, Wolfe RS. Acetobacterium, a new genus of hydrogen-oxidizing, carbon dioxide-reducing, anaerobic bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:355-361.

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Record number: 772534