Acidianus

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acidianus infernus Segerer et al. 1986.
Etymology: L. adj. acidus, acide; L. masc. n. Ianus, a mythical Roman figure with two faces looking in opposite directions; N.L. masc. n. acidianus, acidic bifaced (bacterium), reflecting the growth conditions and the metabolism of the organisms.
Reference: SEGERER (A.), NEUNER (A.M.), KRISTJANSSON (J.K.) and STETTER (K.O.): Acidianus infernus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Acidianus brierleyi comb. nov.: facultatively aerobic, extremely acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 559-564.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: According to Fuchs et al. 1996, Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986 is an earlier heterotypic synonym of ¤ Desulfurolobus Zillig and Böck 1987.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837. [FUCHS (T.), HUBER (H.), BURGGRAF (S.) and STETTER (K.O.): 16S rDNA-based phylogeny of the archeal order Sulfolobales and reclassification of Desulfurolobus ambivalens as Acidianus ambivalens comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 56-60.]
Validation List N° 58 in IJSEM Online

---> Acidianus Segerer et al. 1986 emend. Plumb et al. 2007.
Type species: ¤ Acidianus infernus Segerer et al. 1986.
Etymology: L. adj. acidus, acide; L. masc. n. Ianus, a mythical Roman figure with two faces looking in opposite directions; N.L. masc. n. acidianus, acidic bifaced (bacterium), reflecting the growth conditions and the metabolism of the organisms.
Reference: PLUMB (J.J.), HADDAD (C.M.), GIBSON (J.A.E.) and FRANZMANN (P.D.): Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1418-1423.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Acidianus ambivalens (Zillig and Böck 1987) Fuchs et al. 1996, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Lei 10 = CIP 104912 = DSM 3772 = JCM 9191.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D85506.
Basonym: ¤ Desulfurolobus ambivalens Zillig and Böck 1987.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. ambo ambae, both; L. part. adj. valens, being able to do; N.L. part. adj. ambivalens, ambivalent.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 58. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 836-837. [FUCHS (T.), HUBER (H.), BURGGRAF (S.) and STETTER (K.O.): 16S rDNA-based phylogeny of the archeal order Sulfolobales and reclassification of Desulfurolobus ambivalens as Acidianus ambivalens comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1996, 19, 56-60.]
Validation List N° 58 in IJSEM Online

Note: The strain CIP 104912 is not available.
Reference: BIZET (C.): Personal communication (June 28, 2005).

Acidianus brierleyi (Zillig et al. 1980) Segerer et al. 1986, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DSM 1651 = IFO (now NBRC) 15269 = JCM 8954.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D26489.
Basonym: ¤ Sulfolobus brierleyi Zillig et al. 1980.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. brierleyi, of Brierley, named for J. A. Brierley who isolated the organism.
Reference: SEGERER (A.), NEUNER (A.M.), KRISTJANSSON (J.K.) and STETTER (K.O.): Acidianus infernus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Acidianus brierleyi comb. nov.: facultatively aerobic, extremely acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 559-564.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Acidianus infernus Segerer et al. 1986, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain So4a = DSM 3191 = IFO (now NBRC) 15270 = JCM 8955.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D85505.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. infernus, belonging to the Lower Regions, belonging to Hades, referring to the locus typicus at the Solfatara Crater, where Dante placed the gate to hell in his Divina Commedia.
Reference: SEGERER (A.), NEUNER (A.M.), KRISTJANSSON (J.K.) and STETTER (K.O.): Acidianus infernus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Acidianus brierleyi comb. nov.: facultatively aerobic, extremely acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 559-564.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Acidianus sulfidivorans Plumb et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JP7 = DSM 18786 = JCM 13667.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY907891.
Etymology: N.L. n. sulfidum, sulfide; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. sulfidivorans, sulfide-devouring.
Reference: PLUMB (J.J.), HADDAD (C.M.), GIBSON (J.A.E.) and FRANZMANN (P.D.): Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1418-1423.
Original article in IJSEM Online