| Acidaminobacter | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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]
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]
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]