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Species Acetobacter ghanensis

Name: Acetobacter ghanensis Cleenwerck et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gha’nen.sis N.L. masc./fem. adj. ghanensis, pertaining to Ghana, referring to the country where the first isolates of this species were obtained

Type strains: 430A; DSM 18895; LMG 23848; R-29337

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16S rRNA gene accession number: EF030713

Valid publication: Cleenwerck I, Camu N, Engelbeen K, De Winter T, Vandemeulebroecke K, De Vos P, De Vuyst L. Acetobacter ghanensis sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium isolated from traditional heap fermentations of Ghanaian cocoa beans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1647-1652.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cleenwerck I, Camu N, Engelbeen K, De Winter T, Vandemeulebroecke K, De Vos P, De Vuyst L. Acetobacter ghanensis sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium isolated from traditional heap fermentations of Ghanaian cocoa beans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1647-1652.

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