Name: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Acetobacter, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Acetobacteraceae, the Acetobacter family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Valid publication: Gillis M, De Ley J. Intra- and intergeneric similarities of the ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistrons of Acetobacter and Gluconobacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:7-27.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Elioraeaceae Habib et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acidocellaceae Degli Esposti et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Roseomonadaceae Degli Esposti et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 40 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 genera from the family.
  • Degli Esposti et al. 2023 Degli Esposti M, Guerrero G, Rogel MA, Issotta F, Rojas-Villalobos C, Quatrini R, Martinez-Romero E. The phylogeny of Acetobacteraceae: photosynthetic traits and deranged respiratory enzymes. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0057523. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the inclusion of 6 genera in the family.
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 17 genera from the family.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this family to the order Acetobacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Degli-Esposti et al. (2019) assigned this family to the order "Diaforabacterales" Degli Esposti et al. 2019. Publication: Degli Esposti M, Lozano L, Martinez-Romero E. Current phylogeny of Rhodospirillaceae: A multi-approach study. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 139:106546.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Stella Vasilyeva 1985 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • 🧒 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned the genus Zavarzinia Meyer et al. 1994 to this family. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • 🧒 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned the genus "Candidatus Microsaccharimonas" corrig. Lemos et al. 2019 to this family. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧒 Jojima et al. (2004) assigned the genus "Microsaccharimonas" to this family. Publication: Jojima Y, Mihara Y, Suzuki S, Yokozeki K, Yamanaka S, Fudou R. Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2263-2267.
  • 🧒 Tuyet and Kim (2023) assigned the genus "Limobrevibac" to this family. Publication: Tuyet NLT, Kim J. Limobrevibacterium gyesilva gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from Forest Soil. Diversity 2023; 15:684.
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acetobacleriaceae"; "Acetobateraceae"; "Actobacteraceae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Guzman et al. (2023), Chua et al. (2022), Yukphan et al. (2005), Vu et al. (2013), Charoenyingcharoen et al. (2022). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 170; LMG: 165; JCM: 150; NBRC: 122; KCTC: 77; ATCC: 74; CIP: 72; BCC: 61; IFO: 53; KACC: 51.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 58
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 61
Total number of child taxa: 69

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Acetomonas" Leifson 1954	not validly published	synonym
    Acidibrevibacterium Muhadesi et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidicaldus Johnson et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidiphilium Harrison 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidisoma Belova et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidisphaera Hiraishi et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ameyamaea Yukphan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aristophania Guzman et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Asaia Yamada et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Belnapia Reddy et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bombella Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brytella Sombolestani et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caldovatus Habib et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Commensalibacter Roh et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Craurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Crenalkalicoccus Ming et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dankookia Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Elioraea Albuquerque et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Endobacter Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Endosaccharibacter Pitiwittayakul et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Entomobacter Guzman et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Falsiroseomonas Rai et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Formicincola Chua et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconoacetobacter Yamada et al. 1998	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Granulibacter Greenberg et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Granulobacter]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Humitalea Margesin and Zhang 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Kirkpatrickella" Henry et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
    Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kozakia Lisdiyanti et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lichenicoccus Pankratov et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lichenicola Noh et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Limobrevibacterium" Tuyet and Kim 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Muricoccus Kämpfer et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neoasaia Yukphan et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neokomagataea Yukphan et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neoroseomonas Rai et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nguyenibacter Vu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Novacetimonas Brandão et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oecophyllibacter Chua et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paeniroseomonas Rai et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paracraurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pararoseomonas Rai et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    "Parasaccharibacter" Corby-Harris et al. 2014	not validly published	synonym
    Plastoroseomonas Rai et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudoroseomonas Rai et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Rhizosaccharibacter Pitiwittayakul et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodopila Imhoff et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodovarius Kämpfer et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rhodovastum Okamura et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseicella Khan et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseococcus Yurkov et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubritepida Alarico et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sabulicella Lin et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharibacter Jojima et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Sediminicoccus" Qu et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Siccirubricoccus Yang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Sorlinia Marasco et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Swaminathania Loganathan and Nair 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Swingsia Malimas et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tanticharoenia Yukphan et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Teichococcus Kämpfer et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

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