Acidaminobacter

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Acidaminobacter
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Firmicutes"
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Clostridiales
Genus:
Acidaminobacter
Type species
A. hydrogenoformans

Acidaminobacter is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).[1]

Etymology[]

The name Acidaminobacter derives from New Latin acidum aminum, amino acid, a rod bacter, nominally meaning "a rod", but in effect meaning a bacterium, a staff or rod; resulting in Acidaminobacter, the amino acid rod bacterium.[2]

Species[]

The genus contains a single species,[2] Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans (Stams and Hansen 1985, type species of the genus). The specific name is based on New Latin hydrogenum (from Greek húdōr (ὕδωρ), water; and gennaō (γεννάω), to produce) hydrogen (that which produces water, so called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen); Latin formans, forming, giving hydrogen-forming.)[3]

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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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. ^ a b Acidaminobacter entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. ^ Stams, A. J. M.; Hansen, T. A. (1984). "Fermentation of glutamate and other compounds by Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans gen. Nov. Sp. Nov., an obligate anaerobe isolated from black mud. Studies with pure cultures and mixed cultures with sulfate-reducing and methanogenic bacteria". Archives of Microbiology. 137 (4): 329–337. doi:10.1007/BF00410730. S2CID 28289502.
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