Name: Acetobacter pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) Beijerinck and Folpmers 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Mycoderma pasteurianum" Hansen 1879

Etymology: pas.teu.ri.a’nus. N.L. masc. adj. pasteurianus, pertaining to Pasteur, named after Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and bacteriologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ke-to-BAK-ter pas-te͡u-ri-A-nus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33445; CCUG 18125; CIP 103108; DSM 3509; JCM 7640; LMD 22.1; LMG 1262; NCCB 22001

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X71863 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Beijerinck MW, Folpmers T. Verslagen van de gewone vergadering der wis- en natuurkundige afdeeling. Koninklijke Akademic van Wetenschappente Amsterdam 1916; 18:1198-1200.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mycoderma pasteurianum" Hansen 1879	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Acetobacter ascendens (Henneberg 1898) Kim et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Acetobacter paradoxum" Frateur 1950	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. paradoxus (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Acetobacter ascendens (Henneberg 1898) Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    "Acetobacter paradoxus" (Frateur 1950) Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. ascendens (Henneberg 1898) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Bacterium ascendens" Henneberg 1898	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Acetobacter peroxydans Visser't Hooft 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium ascendens" Henneberg 1898. 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.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acetobacter paradoxum" Frateur 1950. 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.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Acetobacter ascendens (Henneberg 1898) Kim et al. 2020. 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.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Acetobacter ascendens (Henneberg 1898) Hördt et al. 2020. 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.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Acetobacter peroxydans Visser't Hooft 1925 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acetobacter paradoxus" (Frateur 1950) Hördt et al. 2020. 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.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03459 (N = 41).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "estunensis: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; lovaniensis: 1 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. — 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 306 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. ascendens (Henneberg 1898) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. estunensis (Carr 1958) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. lovaniensis (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. paradoxus (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

Parent taxon: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Beijerinck MW, Folpmers T. Verslagen van de gewone vergadering der wis- en natuurkundige afdeeling. Koninklijke Akademic van Wetenschappente Amsterdam 1916; 18:1198-1200.

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