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Gluconacetobacter

Gluconacetobacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). In 2012, several species previously classified in the genus Gluconacetobacter were reclassified under the new genus Komagataeibacter, including the cellulose producing species Komagataeibacter xylinus.

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Gluconacetobacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Acetobacteraceae
Genus: Gluconacetobacter
corrig. Yamada et al. 1998
Type species
Gluconoacetobacter liquefaciens
(Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998
Species

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Synonyms1
  • Gluconoacetobacter Yamada et al. 1998

Gluconacetobacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).2 In 2012, several species previously classified in the genus Gluconacetobacter were reclassified under the new genus Komagataeibacter, including the cellulose producing species Komagataeibacter xylinus.34

Etymology

The name Gluconacetobacter derives from: Neo-Latin acidum gluconicum, gluconic acid; Latin noun acetum, vinegar; Neo-Latin bacter, rod; giving Gluconacetobacter, gluconate-vinegar rod.1

Species

The genus contains the following species:1

See also

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References

References

  1. "Gluconacetobacter". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
  3. Yamada, Yuzo; Yukphan, Pattaraporn; Vu, Huong Thi Lan; Muramatsu, Yuki; Ochaikul, Duangjai; Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi (June 2012). "Subdivision of the genus Gluconacetobacter Yamada, Hoshino and Ishikawa 1998: The proposal of Komagatabacter gen. nov., for strains accommodated to the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group in the α-Proteobacteria". Annals of Microbiology. 62 (2): 849–859. doi:10.1007/s13213-011-0288-4. ISSN 1590-4261. S2CID 13432970.
  4. Yamada, Yuzo; Yukphan, Pattaraporn; Lan Vu, Huong Thi; Muramatsu, Yuki; Ochaikul, Duangjai; Tanasupawat, Somboon; Nakagawa, Yasuyoshi (2012). "Description of Komagataeibacter gen. nov., with proposals of new combinations (Acetobacteraceae)". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 58 (5): 397–404. doi:10.2323/jgam.58.397. ISSN 0022-1260. PMID 23149685.