Acidaminobacter

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Acidaminobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Clostridiaceae
Genus: Acidaminobacter
Stams & Hansen 1985
Species:
A. hydrogenoformans
Binomial name
Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans
Stams & Hansen 1985[1]

Acidaminobacter is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[2]

Etymology

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The name Acidaminobacter derives from Neo-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.[3]

Species

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The genus contains a single species,[3] Acidaminobacter hydrogenoformans. 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.)[1]

References

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