Acetitomaculum
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| Acetitomaculum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Lachnospiraceae |
| Genus: | Acetitomaculum Greening and Leedle 1995[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acetitomaculum ruminis Greening & Leedle 1995 | |
| Species | |
Acetitomaculum is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). The single species is an acetogenic bacteria from the bovine rumen.
Etymology
The name of the genus is derived from the Latin noun acetum, meaning vinegar, combined with the Latin noun tomaculum, a kind of sausage. Together they form Acetitomaculum, literally a kind of vinegar sausage.[2] The name of the type species, A. ruminis is derived from the Latin genitive noun ruminis, meaning "of the rumen".
