Name: Gluconacetobacter hansenii corrig. (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acetobacter hansenii Gosselé et al. 1983

Etymology: han.sen’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. hansenii, of Hansen, named after E.C. Hansen, Danish microbiologist, reknowned for his studies on the acetic acid bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35959; BCC 6318; CCUG 18123; CIP 103110; DSM 5602; IFO 14820; JCM 7643; LMG 1527; NBRC 14820; NCIB 8745; NCIB 8746; NCIMB 8745; NCIMB 8746

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16S rRNA gene: X75620 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yamada Y, Hoshino K, Ishikawa T. The phylogeny of acetic acid bacteria based on the partial sequences of 16S ribosomal RNA: the elevation of the subgenus Gluconoacetobacter to the generic level. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997; 61:1244-1251.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconoacetobacter hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 1998	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Novacetimonas hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Brandão et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Komagatabacter hansenii" (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gosselé et al. 1983) Yamada et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Acetobacter hansenii Gosselé et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Lisdiyanti et al. 2006 Lisdiyanti P, Navarro RR, Uchimura T, Komagata K. Reclassification of Gluconacetobacter hansenii strains and proposals of Gluconacetobacter saccharivorans sp. nov. and Gluconacetobacter nataicola sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2101-2111. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.
    Notes:
    • In the paper by Lisdiyanti et al. 2006, the type strain NCIMB 8746 is cited as NCIB (sic) 8745. According to the NCIMB website, the type strain is NCIMB 8746 which is a cellulose non-producing mutant of NCIMB 8745.

• Notes:
  • According to Cleenwerck et al. (2009), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Komagatabacter kombuchae" (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2012. Publication: Cleenwerck I, De Wachter M, Gonzalez A, De Vuyst L, De Vos P. Differentiation of species of the family Acetobacteraceae by AFLP DNA fingerprinting: Gluconacetobacter kombuchae is a later heterotypic synonym of Gluconacetobacter hansenii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1771-1786.
  • According to Cleenwerck et al. (2009), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Gluconacetobacter kombuchae Dutta and Gachhui 2007. Publication: Cleenwerck I, De Wachter M, Gonzalez A, De Vuyst L, De Vos P. Differentiation of species of the family Acetobacteraceae by AFLP DNA fingerprinting: Gluconacetobacter kombuchae is a later heterotypic synonym of Gluconacetobacter hansenii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1771-1786.
  • According to Cleenwerck et al. (2009), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2013. Publication: Cleenwerck I, De Wachter M, Gonzalez A, De Vuyst L, De Vos P. Differentiation of species of the family Acetobacteraceae by AFLP DNA fingerprinting: Gluconacetobacter kombuchae is a later heterotypic synonym of Gluconacetobacter hansenii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1771-1786.
  • According to Skraban et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Komagatabacter kombuchae" (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2012. Publication: Skraban J, Cleenwerck I, Vandamme P, Fanedl L, Trcek J. Genome sequences and description of novel exopolysaccharides producing species Komagataeibacter pomaceti sp. nov. and reclassification of Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al., 2013 as a later heterotypic synonym of Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gossele et al. 1983) Yamada et al., 2013. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:581-592.
  • According to Skraban et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Gluconacetobacter kombuchae Dutta and Gachhui 2007. Publication: Skraban J, Cleenwerck I, Vandamme P, Fanedl L, Trcek J. Genome sequences and description of novel exopolysaccharides producing species Komagataeibacter pomaceti sp. nov. and reclassification of Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al., 2013 as a later heterotypic synonym of Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gossele et al. 1983) Yamada et al., 2013. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:581-592.
  • According to Skraban et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2013. Publication: Skraban J, Cleenwerck I, Vandamme P, Fanedl L, Trcek J. Genome sequences and description of novel exopolysaccharides producing species Komagataeibacter pomaceti sp. nov. and reclassification of Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al., 2013 as a later heterotypic synonym of Komagataeibacter hansenii (Gossele et al. 1983) Yamada et al., 2013. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:581-592.
  • According to Yamada et al. (2012), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Komagatabacter kombuchae" (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2012. 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.
  • According to Yamada et al. (2012), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Gluconacetobacter kombuchae Dutta and Gachhui 2007. 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.
  • According to Yamada et al. (2012), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Komagataeibacter kombuchae (Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada et al. 2013. 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.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 30. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1850-1851.
  • Gluconacetobacter hansenii is the correct name 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 Gluconacetobacter.
  • The type strain NCIMB 8746 was erroneously cited as NCIB 8745 by Lisdiyanti et al. 2006. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • The original spelling, Gluconoacetobacter (sic), has been corrected in accordance with Rule 61 on the occasion of validation. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 65. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:627.

Parent taxon: Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998

Assigned by: Yamada Y, Hoshino K, Ishikawa T. The phylogeny of acetic acid bacteria based on the partial sequences of 16S ribosomal RNA: the elevation of the subgenus Gluconoacetobacter to the generic level. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1997; 61:1244-1251.

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