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Species Acetobacter fabarum
Name: Acetobacter fabarum Cleenwerck et al. 2008
Etymology: fa.ba’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. fabarum, of beans, referring to the initial isolation of this species from cocoa beans
Type strain: 985; DSM 19596; LMG 24244; R-36330
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB665084
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Cleenwerck I, Gonzalez A, Camu N, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, De Vuyst L. Acetobacter fabarum sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium from a Ghanaian cocoa bean heap fermentation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2180-2185. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Cleenwerck I, Gonzalez A, Camu N, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, De Vuyst L. Acetobacter fabarum sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium from a Ghanaian cocoa bean heap fermentation. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2180-2185.
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Record number: 786649
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