Genus "Komagatabacter"

Name: "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ko.ma.ga.ta.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Komagatabacter, Komagata rod, derived from Dr. Kazuo Komagata, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, who contributed to the bacterial systematics, especially of acetic acid bacteria

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Komagatabacter-), ko-ma-ga-ta-BAK-ter

Type species: "Komagatabacter xylinus" (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2012

Original publication: Yamada Y, Yukpan P, Vu HTL, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Nakagawa Y. Subdivision of the genus Gluconacetobacter Yamada, Hoshino and Ishikawa 1998: the proposal of Komagatabacter gen. nov., for strains accomodated to the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group in the α-Proteobacteria. Ann. Microbiol. 2012; 62:849-859. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Novacetimonas Brandão et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013. Publication: Yamada Y, Yukphan P, Lan Vu HT, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y. Description of Komagataeibacter gen. nov., with proposals of new combinations (Acetobacteraceae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:397-404. 🇯🇵
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Komagataibacter".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 11; DSM: 9; JCM: 9; BCC: 8; NCIMB: 5; CIP: 5; ATCC: 3; CCUG: 2; IFO: 2; NRIC: 2.
- 🧍 "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. is now known as Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013. Publication: Yamada Y, Yukphan P, Lan Vu HT, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y. Description of Komagataeibacter gen. nov., with proposals of new combinations (Acetobacteraceae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:397-404. 🇯🇵

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: 12

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Komagatabacter entanii" (Schüller et al. 2000) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter europaeus" (Sievers et al. 1992) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter hansenii" (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter intermedius" (Boesch et al. 1998) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter kombuchae" (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter nataicola" (Lisdiyanti et al. 2006) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter oboediens" (Sokollek et al. 1998) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter rhaeticus" (Dellaglio et al. 2005) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter saccharivorans" (Lisdiyanti et al. 2006) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter sucrofermentans" (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter swingsii" (Dellaglio et al. 2005) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym
"Komagatabacter xylinus" (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2012	not validly published	synonym

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

Assigned by: Yamada Y, Yukpan P, Vu HTL, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Nakagawa Y. Subdivision of the genus Gluconacetobacter Yamada, Hoshino and Ishikawa 1998: the proposal of Komagatabacter gen. nov., for strains accomodated to the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group in the α-Proteobacteria. Ann. Microbiol. 2012; 62:849-859. 🇯🇵

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