Name: Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Glu.co.no.bac.ter. N.L. neut. n. acidum gluconicum, gluconic acid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gluconobacter, gluconate rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Gluconobacter-)

Type species: Gluconobacter oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Asai T. Taxonomic studies on acetic acid bacteria and allied oxidative bacteria isolated from fruits. A new classification of the oxidative bacteria. Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1935; 11:674-708.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Acetomonas" Leifson 1954	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, De Leeuw FJG. Acetobacter suboxydans, een merkwaardige azijnbacterie. Tijdschrift voor vergeeijkende geneeskunde, gezondheidsleer en parasitaire en infectieziekten 1924; 10:170-281.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beijerinck M. Über Pigmentbildung bei Essigbakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1911; 29:169-176.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Acetomonas" Leifson 1954. Publication: Leifson E. The flagellation and taxonomy of species of Acetobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1954; 20:102-110.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Henneberg W. Bacterium industrium und B. ascendens und Ergänzungen zu den bisherigen untersuchungen ueber Essigbakteriën. Deutsche Essigindustrie 1898; 2:145-148.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Henneberg W. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Essigbakteriën. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1897; 3:223-231.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cluccnobacter"; "Cluconobacter"; "Ghconobacter"; "Giuconobacter"; "Gluckonobacter"; "Glucnobacter"; "Glucollobacter"; "Gluconbacter"; "Gluconobacler"; "Gluconobactcr"; "Gluconohacter"; "Glwconobacter"; "Gtuconobacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yukphan et al. (2010), Yukphan et al. (2020), Sombolestani et al. (2021), Kommanee et al. (2011). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13772 (N = 4).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 18; IFO: 12; BCC: 11; DSM: 10; CIP: 7; ATCC: 6; JCM: 5; NCCB: 4; CECT: 3; CCUG: 3.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GNBT" 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.
  • 🧍 See also Asai and Shoda (1958). Publication: Asai T, Shoda K. The taxonomy of Acetobacter and allied oxidative bacteria. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1958; 4:289-311.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this name is incorrectly cited as Gluconobacter (Asai 1935) Asai et al. 1964 (sic). Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 29

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Gluconobacter aidae Yukphan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter albidus (ex Kondo and Ameyama 1958) Yukphan et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter asaii Mason and Claus 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Gluconobacter cadivus Sombolestani et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter cerevisiae Spitaels et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter cerinus (ex Asai 1935) Yamada and Akita 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gluconobacter dioxyacetonicus" Gillis and De Ley 1980	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gluconobacter frateurii Mason and Claus 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gluconobacter industrius" (Henneberg 1898) Asai et al. 1964	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Gluconobacter japonicus Malimas et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter kanchanaburiensis Malimas et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter kondonii Malimas et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig. Asai 1935	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    "Gluconobacter liquifaciens" Asai 1935	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)
    "Gluconobacter melanogenus" Asai and Shoda 1958	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gluconobacter morbifer Roh et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter nephelii Kommanee et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Gluconobacter oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter potus Sombolestani et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter roseus (ex Asai 1935) Malimas et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gluconobacter scleroideus" Uwajima et al. 1990	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gluconobacter sphaericus (Ameyama 1975) Malimas et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gluconobacter suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) De Ley 1961	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Gluconobacter thailandicus Tanasupawat et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter uchimurae Tanasupawat et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Gluconobacter viscosus" Asai 1935	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gluconobacter vitians Sombolestani et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gluconobacter wancherniae Yukphan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Gluconobacter xylinus" Asai et al. 1964	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: 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.

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