Acidaminococcus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Acidaminococcus

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969, genus.
Type species: ¤ Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [ROGOSA (M.): Acidaminococcus gen. nov., Acidaminococcus fermentans sp. nov. anaerobic gram-negative diplococci using amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. Journal of Bacteriology, 1969, 98, 756-766.]

---> Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cook et al. 1994.
Type species: ¤ Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cook et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.
Reference: COOK (G.M.), RAINEY (F.A.), CHEN (G.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and RUSSELL (J.B.): Emendation of the description of Acidaminococcus fermentans, a trans-aconitate- and citrate-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 576-578.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Acidaminococcus Rogosa 1969 emend. Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007.
Type species: ¤ Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. aminus, amino; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; N.L. masc. n. Acidaminococcus, the amino acid coccus.
Reference: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), MORY (F.), TEYSSIER (C.), GAY (B.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Acidaminococcus intestini sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2314-2319.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain VR4 = ATCC 25085 = CCUG 9996 = CIP 106432 = DSM 20731.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X78017.
Etymology: L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [ROGOSA (M.): Acidaminococcus gen. nov., Acidaminococcus fermentans sp. nov. anaerobic gram-negative diplococci using amino acids as the sole energy source for growth. Journal of Bacteriology, 1969, 98, 756-766.]

---> Acidaminococcus fermentans Rogosa 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Cook et al. 1994.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain VR4 = ATCC 25085 = CCUG 9996 = CIP 106432 = DSM 20731.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X78017.
Etymology: L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting.
Reference: COOK (G.M.), RAINEY (F.A.), CHEN (G.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and RUSSELL (J.B.): Emendation of the description of Acidaminococcus fermentans, a trans-aconitate- and citrate-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 576-578.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Acidaminococcus intestini Jumas-Bilak et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ADV 255.99 = AIP 283.01 = CIP 108586 = CCUG 50930.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF473835.
Etymology: L. gen. n. intestini, of the intestine.
Reference: JUMAS-BILAK (E.), CARLIER (J.P.), JEAN-PIERRE (H.), MORY (F.), TEYSSIER (C.), GAY (B.), CAMPOS (J.) and MARCHANDIN (H.): Acidaminococcus intestini sp. nov., isolated from human clinical samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2314-2319.
Original article in IJSEM Online