Name: Acidithiobacillus albertensis corrig. (Bryant et al. 1988) Kelly and Wood 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thiobacillus albertis Bryant et al. 1988

Etymology: al.ber.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. albertensis, Albertan, pertaining to Alberta, a province of Canada

Pronunciation, gender: al-ber-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35403; DSM 14366

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX894725 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiobacillus albertis Bryant et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acidithiobacillus albertis (Bryant et al. 1988) Kelly and Wood 2000	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 📧 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 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.
  • 🧍 The assignment of Thiobacillus albertis Bryant et al. 1988 to the genus Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000 is tentative, as its 16S rRNA sequence does not appear to be available yet. Moreover, the original isolate may have been lost from culture. — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet albertis (sic) has been corrected by Kelly and Wood 2000. Publication: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.

Parent taxon: Acidithiobacillus Kelly and Wood 2000

Assigned by: Kelly DP, Wood AP. Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:511-516.

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