Name: Acetoanaerobium Sleat et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ce.to.a.nae.ro.bi.um. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Acetoanaerobium, vinegar anaerobe

Gender: neuter (stem: Acetoanaerobi-)

Type species: Acetoanaerobium noterae Sleat et al. 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sleat R, Mah RA, Robinson R. Acetoanaerobium noterae gen. nov., sp. nov.: an anaerobic bacterium that forms acetate from H2 and CO2. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:10-15.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Streptococcaceae Deibel and Seeley 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Filifactoraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 2; CCUG: 1; NCIMB: 1; BCRC: 1; CCRC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACAN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetoanaerobium noterae Sleat et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetoanaerobium pronyense Bes et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acetoanaerobium sticklandii (Stadtman and McClung 1957) Galperin et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptostreptococcaceae Ezaki 2010

Assigned by: Galperin MY, Brover V, Tolstoy I, Yutin N. Phylogenomic analysis of the family Peptostreptococcaceae (Clostridium cluster XI) and proposal for reclassification of Clostridium litorale (Fendrich et al. 1991) and Eubacterium acidaminophilum (Zindel et al. 1989) as Peptoclostridium litorale gen. nov. comb. nov. and Peptoclostridium acidaminophilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5506-5513.

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