Genus "Acetomonas"

Name: "Acetomonas" Leifson 1954

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.ce.to’mo.nas. L. fem. n. monas, unit; N.L. fem. n. Acetomonas

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Acetomonad-), a-ke-TO-mo-nas

Type species: "Acetomonas suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) Leifson 1954

Original publication: Leifson E. The flagellation and taxonomy of species of Acetobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1954; 20:102-110.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Leifson (1954) assigned this genus to the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Leifson E. The flagellation and taxonomy of species of Acetobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1954; 20:102-110.
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: De LEYJ. Comparative carbohydrate metabolism and a proposal for a phylogenetic relationship of the acetic acid bacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1961; 24:31-50.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acelomonas".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 1; LMG: 1; IFO: 1.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Acetomonas oxydans" Shimwell and Carr 1959	not validly published	preferred name
"Acetomonas suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) Leifson 1954	not validly published	synonym

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

Assigned by: Roh SW, Nam YD, Chang HW, Kim KH, Kim MS, Ryu JH, Kim SH, Lee WJ, Bae JW. Phylogenetic characterization of two novel commensal bacteria involved with innate immune homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:6171-6177. 🇰🇷

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Genus "Acetomonas"