Name: "Bacterium oxydans" Henneberg 1897

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19357; CCUG 18132; CIP 103106; DSM 3503; DSM 4494; DSM 7145; ICMP 12533; IFO 14819; JCM 7642; LMG 1408; NBRC 14819; NCCB 75005; NCIB 9013; NCIMB 9013

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Original publication: Henneberg W. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Essigbakteriën. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1897; 3:223-231.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gluconobacter oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Acetobacter melanogenus" Beijerinck 1911	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Gluconobacter suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) De Ley 1961	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Gluconobacter industrius" (Henneberg 1898) Asai et al. 1964	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Acetomonas suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) Leifson 1954	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Bacterium industrium" Henneberg 1898	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Gluconobacter oxydans subsp. suboxydans (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Acetobacter suboxydans" Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Gluconobacter oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Gluconobacter oxydans subsp. melanogenes (Beijerinck 1911) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Gluconobacter oxydans subsp. industrius (Henneberg 1898) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Gluconobacter uchimurae Tanasupawat et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Gluconobacter industrius" (Henneberg 1898) Asai et al. 1964. Publication: Gosselé F, Swings J, Kersters K, De Ley J. Numerical analysis of phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms of Gluconobacter Asai 1935 emend. mut. char. Asai, Iizuka, and Komagata 1964. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:65-81.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Gluconobacter suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) De Ley 1961. Publication: Gosselé F, Swings J, Kersters K, De Ley J. Numerical analysis of phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms of Gluconobacter Asai 1935 emend. mut. char. Asai, Iizuka, and Komagata 1964. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:65-81.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium industrium" Henneberg 1898. Publication: Gosselé F, Swings J, Kersters K, De Ley J. Numerical analysis of phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms of Gluconobacter Asai 1935 emend. mut. char. Asai, Iizuka, and Komagata 1964. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:65-81.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acetobacter melanogenus" Beijerinck 1911. Publication: Gosselé F, Swings J, Kersters K, De Ley J. Numerical analysis of phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms of Gluconobacter Asai 1935 emend. mut. char. Asai, Iizuka, and Komagata 1964. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:65-81.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acetobacter suboxydans" Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924. Publication: Gosselé F, Swings J, Kersters K, De Ley J. Numerical analysis of phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms of Gluconobacter Asai 1935 emend. mut. char. Asai, Iizuka, and Komagata 1964. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:65-81.
  • ⏰ According to Gossele et al. (1983), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Acetomonas suboxydans" (Kluyver and de Leeuw 1924) Leifson 1954. Publication: Gosselé F, Swings J, Kersters K, De Ley J. Numerical analysis of phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms of Gluconobacter Asai 1935 emend. mut. char. Asai, Iizuka, and Komagata 1964. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:65-81.
  • ⏰ According to Li et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Gluconobacter uchimurae Tanasupawat et al. 2012. Publication: Li L, Cleenwerck I, De Vuyst L, Vandamme P. Identification of acetic acid bacteria through matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and report of Gluconobacter nephelii Kommanee et al. 2011 and Gluconobacter uchimurae Tanasupawat et al. 2012 as later heterotypic synonyms of Gluconobacter japonicus Malimas et al. 2009 and Gluconobacter oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gossele et al. 1983, respectively. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:123-134.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 27. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:7-8.

Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831

Assigned by: Henneberg W. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Essigbakteriën. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1897; 3:223-231.

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