Name: Gluconacetobacter entanii Schüller et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.ta’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. entanii, of Entani, named to honour Etsuzo Entani, a Japanese microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 13536; LTH 4560

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ251110 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schuller G, Hertel C, Hammes WP. Gluconacetobacter entanii sp. nov., isolated from submerged high-acid industrial vinegar fermentations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2013-2020.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Komagatabacter entanii" (Schüller et al. 2000) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• 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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00800 (N = 28).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within Komagataeibacter and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 According to Yamada et al. 2012, the type strain is not available in any culture collection. Publication: Yamada Y, Yukphan P, Lan Vu HT, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y. Description of Komagataeibacter gen. nov., with proposals of new combinations (Acetobacteraceae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:397-404.

Parent taxon: Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998

Assigned by: Schuller G, Hertel C, Hammes WP. Gluconacetobacter entanii sp. nov., isolated from submerged high-acid industrial vinegar fermentations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2013-2020.

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