Subgenus Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter)
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898) subgen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898) aceti (Pasteur 1864) Beijerinck 1898.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acetobacter, vinegar rod.
Valid publication: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List no. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 223-225.
Validation List no. 17 in IJSEM Online
Note: Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898) is automatically created by the valid publication of the subgenus ¤ Acetobacter (subgen. Gluconoacetobacter Yamada and Kondo 1985) (Rule 39).
Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898) aceti (Pasteur 1864) Beijerinck 1898, comb. nov. (Type species of the subgenus).
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15973= CCUG 18122 = CIP 103111 = DSM 3508 = ICMP 8807 = IFO (now NBRC) 14818 = JCM 7641 = LMG 1261 = LMG 1504 = NCCB 23001 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 8621.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X74066.
Basonym: ¤ Acetobacter aceti (Pasteur 1864) Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Mycoderma aceti souches non visqueuses (membraneuses)" Pasteur 1864, "Bacterium aceti" (Pasteur 1864) Lanzi 1876, "Bacteriopsis aceti" (Pasteur 1864) Trevisan 1885, "Micrococcus aceti" (Pasteur 1864) Maggi 1886, "Bacillus aceticus" Flügge 1886, "Bacterium hansenianum" Chester 1901, "Acetimonas aceti" (Pasteur 1864) Orla-Jensen 1909, "Bacterium acetigenoidum" Krehan 1930, "Acetobacter ketogenum" (sic) Walker and Thomas in Bousfield et al. 1947, "Acetobacter lafarianum" (sic) Janke 1950, "Acetobacter aceti var. muciparum" (sic) (Hoyer) Frateur 1950.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; L. gen. n. aceti, of vinegar.
Valid publication: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List no. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1985, 35, 223-225.
Validation List no. 17 in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The subgenus Acetobacter appears in Validation List no. 17 (publication date: 15 April 1985). The nomenclatural type of this subgenus is cited as Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter) aceti. However Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter) aceti is not listed in Validation List no. 17 and this name seems inadvertently to have been omitted from this list. This error has been corrected by Euzéby and Kudo. The date of valid publication of this name is that of List no. 17 (15 April 1985).
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
Original article in IJSEM Online
2 The Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision) does not envisage the status of the species transferred into subgenera but, according to a Request for an Opinion the status of such species should be that of new combinations.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.): Nomenclature of the subgenera Moraxella and Branhamella and of the nine species included in these subgenera and proposal to modify Rule 34a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1939-1941.
Original article in IJSEM Online