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. 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Elioraeaceae Habib et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• 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 removal of 2 genera from the family.
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Recommended reviewers for taxonomic proposals in this group are the corresponding authors of Vu et al. (2013), Yukphan et al. (2005).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 45
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 45
Total number of child taxa: 49

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Acidibrevibacterium Muhadesi et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Acidicaldus Johnson et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Acidiphilium Harrison 1981	validly published	correct name
    Acidisoma Belova et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Acidisphaera Hiraishi et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989	validly published	correct name
    Ameyamaea Yukphan et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Asaia Yamada et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Belnapia Reddy et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Bombella Li et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Caldovatus Habib et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Commensalibacter Roh et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Craurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    Crenalkalicoccus Ming et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Dankookia Kim et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Elioraea Albuquerque et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Endobacter Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Granulibacter Greenberg et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Humitalea Margesin and Zhang 2013	validly published	correct name
    "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published
    Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Kozakia Lisdiyanti et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Lichenicoccus Pankratov et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Lichenicola Noh et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Muricoccus Kämpfer et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Neoasaia Yukphan et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Neokomagataea Yukphan et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Nguyenibacter Vu et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    "Oecophyllibacter" Chua et al. 2020	not validly published
    Paracraurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    "Parasaccharibacter" Corby-Harris et al. 2014	not validly published
    Rhodopila Imhoff et al. 1984	validly published	correct name
    Rhodovarius Kämpfer et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Rhodovastum Okamura et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Roseicella Khan et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Roseococcus Yurkov et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
    Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    Rubritepida Alarico et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Saccharibacter Jojima et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    "Sediminicoccus" Qu et al. 2013	not validly published
    Siccirubricoccus Yang et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Swaminathania Loganathan and Nair 2004	validly published	correct name
    Swingsia Malimas et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Tanticharoenia Yukphan et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Teichococcus Kämpfer et al. 2003	validly published	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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