Etymology:
A.ci.da.mi.no.coc.cus. L. neut. adj.acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj.acidus, sour; N.L. fem. n.amina, amino; N.L. masc. n.coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n.kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n.Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus
Effective publication:
Rogosa M. Acidaminococcus gen. n., Acidaminococcus fermentans sp. n., anaerobic gram-negative diplococci using amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. J Bacteriol 1969; 98:756-766.
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:
2
Emendations:
Cook et al. 1994
Cook GM, Rainey FA, Chen G, Stackebrandt E, Russell JB. Emendation of the description of Acidaminococcus fermentans, a trans-aconitate- and citrate-oxidizing bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:576-578.
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.
Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007
Jumas-Bilak E, Carlier JP, Jean-Pierre H, Mory F, Teyssier C, Gay B, Campos J, Marchandin H. Acidaminococcus intestini sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2314-2319.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Acidaminococcaceae Marchandin et al. 2010.Publication:
Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Acidaminococcales Campbell et al. 2015.Publication:
Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.
🧕 Campbell et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the order Acidaminococcales Campbell et al. 2015.Publication:
Campbell C, Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Genome-based taxonomic framework for the class Negativicutes: division of the class Negativicutes into the orders Selenomonadales emend., Acidaminococcales ord. nov. and Veillonellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3203-3215.
🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Veillonellaceae Rogosa 1971 (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.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acidammococcus"; "Acidatninococcus"; "Addaminococcus"; "Aeidmminococcus".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; CCUG: 2; CIP: 2; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AACO" 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: 6
Assigned by:
Marchandin H, Teyssier C, Campos J, Jean-Pierre H, Roger F, Gay B, Carlier JP, Jumas-Bilak E. Negativicoccus succinicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples, emended description of the family Veillonellaceae and description of Negativicutes classis nov., Selenomonadales ord. nov. and Acidaminococcaceae fam. nov. in the bacterial phylum Firmicutes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1271-1279.
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