Name: Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ko.ma.ga.tae.i.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. Komagataea, Komagata (the name of a famous Japanese microbiologist); N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Komagataeibacter, a rod, which is named in honor of Dr. Kazuo Komagata, Professor, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, who contributed to the bacterial systematics, especially of acetic acid bacteria

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Komagataeibacter-), ko-ma-ga-ta͡e-i-BAK-ter

Type species: Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Novacetimonas Brandão et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012. 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. 🇯🇵
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yamada Y. Acetobacter xylinus sp. nov., nom. rev., for the cellulose-forming and cellulose-less, acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with the Q-10 system. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:417-420. 🇯🇵
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998. Publication: Yamada Y, Hoshino K, Ishikawa T. The phylogeny of acetic acid bacteria based on the partial sequences of 16S ribosomal RNA: the elevation of the subgenus Gluconoacetobacter to the generic level. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997; 61:1244-1251. 🇯🇵
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Brown AJ. On an acetic ferment which forms cellulose. Journal of the Chemical Society (London) 1886; 49:432-439.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gataeibacter"; "Komagateibacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yamada (2014). 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 0.16174 (N = 8).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 18; JCM: 11; DSM: 9; BCC: 8; NCIMB: 6; CIP: 5; NBRC: 5; IFO: 4; ZIM: 4; CCM: 4.
  • 🧍 Previously published as "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012. 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 a-Proteobacteria. Ann. Microbiol. 2012; 62:849-859. 🇯🇵
  • 🧍 The name Komagataeibacter was previously known as "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012. 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. 🇯🇵

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Komagataeibacter cocois Liu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter diospyri Naloka et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter europaeus (Sievers et al. 1992) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter intermedius (Boesch et al. 1998) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter kakiaceti (Iino et al. 2012) Yamada 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter maltaceti (Slapšak et al. 2013) Yamada 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter medellinensis (Castro et al. 2013) Yamada 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter melaceti Marič et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter melomenusus Marič et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter nataicola (Lisdiyanti et al. 2006) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter oboediens (Sokollek et al. 1998) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter piraceti Karničnik et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter pomaceti Škraban et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter rhaeticus (Dellaglio et al. 2005) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter saccharivorans (Lisdiyanti et al. 2006) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter swingsii (Dellaglio et al. 2005) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: 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. 🇯🇵

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