Name: Komagataeibacter rhaeticus (Dellaglio et al. 2005) Yamada et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Gluconacetobacter rhaeticus Dellaglio et al. 2005

Etymology: rhae’ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. rhaeticus, pertaining to Rhaetia, Latin denomination of South Tyrol in Italy, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCC 36452; DSM 16663; DST GL02; JCM 17122; LMG 22126

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB645732 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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconacetobacter rhaeticus Dellaglio et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Komagatabacter rhaeticus" (Dellaglio et al. 2005) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 33 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 The name Komagataeibacter rhaeticus was previously known as "Komagatabacter rhaeticus" (Dellaglio et al. 2005) 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.

Parent taxon: Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013

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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