Name: Acetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. xulon, wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber; L. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. xylinus, belonging to wood, woody

Type strains: ATCC 23767; BCRC 12952; CCM 3611; CCRC 12952; CCUG 37299; CIP 103107; CIP 57.14; DSM 6513; IFO 15237; JCM 7644; LMG 1515; NBRC 15237; NCIB 11301; NCIB 11664; NCIB 4112; NCIMB 11664; NCTC 41124

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AB205216

Effective publication: Yamada Y. Acetobacter xylinus sp. nov., nom. rev., for the cellulose-forming and cellulose-less, acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with the Q-10 system. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:417-420.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 14. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:270-271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter xylinum (sic) (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984	orthographically incorrect name, misspelling
    Acetobacter aceti subsp. xylinum (sic) (Brown 1886) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, misspelling, distinct rank
    Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Acetobacter aceti subsp. xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published, distinct rank
    Gluconacetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published
    "Komagatabacter xylinus" (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:585. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.
  • On the validation list n° 14, Acetobacter xylinus corrig. is erroneously proposed as a nomen revictum [basonym: "Acetobacter xylinum" (Brown 1886) Bergey et al. 1925]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
  • Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below). However, according to Tanaka et al. 2000, Acetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984 is genetically homogeneous. Publication: Tanaka M, Murakami S, Shinke R, Aoki K. Genetic characteristics of cellulose-forming acetic acid bacteria identified phenotypically as Gluconacetobacter xylinus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2000; 64:757-760.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet, xylinum (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1997. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acetobacter xylinus subsp. xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Toyosaki et al. 1996	validly published	orphaned subspecies
    Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yamada Y. Acetobacter xylinus sp. nov., nom. rev., for the cellulose-forming and cellulose-less, acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with the Q-10 system. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:417-420.

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