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Gluconacetobacter

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Gluconacetobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
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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Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[3][4]

Etymology

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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

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The genus contains the following species:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.