Name: Gluconacetobacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Cleenwerck et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996

Etymology: su.cro.fer.men’tans. N.L. part. adj. sucrofermentans, sucrose-fermenting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCC 7227; BPR 2001; DSM 15973; JCM 9730; LMG 18788

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ007698 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, De Vuyst L. Phylogeny and differentiation of species of the genus Gluconacetobacter and related taxa based on multilocus sequence analyses of housekeeping genes and reclassification of Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans as Gluconacetobacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2277-2283.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Komagatabacter sucrofermentans" (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Acetobacter xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans Toyosaki et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Gluconacetobacter sucrofermentans is the correct name instead 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 risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998

Assigned by: Cleenwerck I, De Vos P, De Vuyst L. Phylogeny and differentiation of species of the genus Gluconacetobacter and related taxa based on multilocus sequence analyses of housekeeping genes and reclassification of Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans as Gluconacetobacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2277-2283.

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