Name: Acetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Gosselé et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig. Asai 1935

Etymology: li.que.fa’ciens. N.L. part. adj. liquefaciens, liquefying; from L. v. liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14835; CCUG 18124; CIP 103109; DSM 5603; IAM 1834; IF0 12388; IFO 12388; LMG 1381; LMG 1382; NBRC 12388; NCCB 76052

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X75617 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gossele F, Swings J, Kersters K, Pauwels P, De Ley J. Numerical Analysis of Phenotypic Features and Protein Gel Electrophoregrams of a Wide Variety of Acetobacter strains. Proposal for the Improvement of the Taxonomy of the Genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898, 215. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:338-368.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 12. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:896-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig. (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconoacetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig. (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Gluconobacter liquifaciens" Asai 1935	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig. Asai 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Acetobacter aceti subsp. liquefaciens (Asai 1935) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Acetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada and Tahara 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ❗ Acetobacter liquefaciens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Acetobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 On the Validation List no. 12, the type strain IFO (now NBRC) 12388 is erroneously cited as IFO (now NBRC) 2388 (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
  • 🧍 The subgenus Gluconoacetobacter appears in Validation List no. 17 (publication date: 15 April 1985). The nomenclatural type of this subgenus is cited as Acetobacter (subgen. Gluconoacetobacter) liquefaciens. However Acetobacter (subgen. Gluconoacetobacter) liquefaciens is not listed in Validation List no. 17 and this name seems inadvertently to have been omitted from this list. This error has been corrected by Euzéby and Kudo. The date of valid publication of this name is that of List no. 17 (15 April 1985). Publication: Euzeby JP. Nomenclature of the subgenera Moraxella and Branhamella and of the nine species included in these subgenera and proposal to modify rule 34a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1939-1941.

Parent taxon: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gossele F, Swings J, Kersters K, Pauwels P, De Ley J. Numerical Analysis of Phenotypic Features and Protein Gel Electrophoregrams of a Wide Variety of Acetobacter strains. Proposal for the Improvement of the Taxonomy of the Genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898, 215. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:338-368.

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