Acetomicrobium

Acetomicrobium is a genus in the phylum Synergistetes (Bacteria).[1] In 2016, the former genus Anaerobaculum was folded into Acetomicrobium.[2]

Acetomicrobium
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Synergistetes
Class:
Synergistia
Order:
Synergistales
Family:
Synergistaceae
Genus:
Acetomicrobium
Type species
A. flavidum

Etymology

The name Acetomicrobium derives from:
Latin noun acetum, vinegar; New Latin neuter gender noun microbium (from Greek adjective mikros (μικρός), small and Greek noun bios (βίος), life), a microbe; New Latin neuter gender noun Aacetomicrobium, a microorganism producing acetic acid.[3]

Species

The genus contains 5 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[3]

  • A. faecale ( corrig. Winter et al. 1988; Latin noun faex faecis, dregs, faeces; Latin neuter gender suff. -ale, suffix denoting pertaining to; New Latin neuter gender adjective faecale, pertaining to faeces, fecal.)[4]
  • A. flavidum ( Soutschek et al. 1985, (Type species of the genus).; Latin neuter gender adjective flavidum, yellowish.)[5]
  • A. hydrogeniformans (Ben Hania et al. 2016)[6]
  • A. mobile (Ben Hania et al. 2016)[6]
  • A. thermoterrenum (Ben Hania et al. 2016)[6]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. Microbiology Society. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. Retrieved 2019-02-23.]
  2. Hania, Wajdi Ben (1 March 2016). "Reclassification of Anaerobaculum mobile, Anaerobaculum thermoterrenum, Anaerobaculum hydrogeniformans as Acetomicrobium mobile comb. nov., Acetomicrobium thermoterrenum comb. nov. and Acetomicrobium hydrogeniformans comb. nov., respectively, and emendation of the genus Acetomicrobium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66: 1506–1509. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000910. PMID 26791251. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. Acetomicrobium entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol. Microbiology Society. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. Retrieved 2019-02-23.]
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Parte, A.C. "Acetomicrobium". www.bacterio.net.
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