Name: Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans Fuentes-Ramírez et al. 2001
Etymology: a.zo.to.cap’tans. N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; L. pres. part. captans, catching; N.L. part. adj. azotocaptans, nitrogen-catching, referring to the ability to assimilate atmospheric nitrogen
Type strain: ATCC 700988; CFN-Ca54; CIP 107161; DSM 13594
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16S rRNA gene: AF192761 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Fuentes-Ramirez LE, Bustillos-Cristales R, Tapia-Hernandez A, Jimenez-Salgado T, Wang ET, Martinez-Romero E, Caballero-Mellado J. Novel nitrogen-fixing acetic acid bacteria, Gluconacetobacter johannae sp. nov. and Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans sp. nov., associated with coffee plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1305-1314.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998
Assigned by: Fuentes-Ramirez LE, Bustillos-Cristales R, Tapia-Hernandez A, Jimenez-Salgado T, Wang ET, Martinez-Romero E, Caballero-Mellado J. Novel nitrogen-fixing acetic acid bacteria, Gluconacetobacter johannae sp. nov. and Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans sp. nov., associated with coffee plants. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1305-1314.
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Record number: 776535