Name: Acetobacter peroxydans Visser't Hooft 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.o’xy.dans. L. prep. per, very; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. peroxydans, strongly oxidizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ke-to-BAK-ter per-O-xy-dans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12874; DSM 2347; IFO 13755; LMG 1635; NBRC 13755; NCCB 88049; NCCB 89009

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16S rRNA gene: AB680509 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Visser'T Hooft F. Biochemische Onderzoekingen over het geslacht Acetobacter. Dissertation Technical University Delft. Meinema, Delft, 1925.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Mycoderma pasteurianum" Hansen 1879	heterotypic 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 pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) Beijerinck and Folpmers 1916 (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 a later heterotypic synonym of "Mycoderma pasteurianum" Hansen 1879. 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 a later heterotypic synonym of Acetobacter pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) Beijerinck and Folpmers 1916 (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.
  • ❗ Acetobacter peroxydans 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01893 (N = 44).
  • 😷 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. — 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 14 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Visser'T Hooft F. Biochemische Onderzoekingen over het geslacht Acetobacter. Dissertation Technical University Delft. Meinema, Delft, 1925.

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