Name: Gluconobacter asaii Mason and Claus 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: asai’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. asaii, of Asai, named after Toshinobu Asai, Japanese microbiologist, who described the genus Gluconobacter

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49206; CIP 104733; DSM 7148; IFO 3276; LMG 1390; NBRC 3276

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16S rRNA gene: AB063287 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mason LM, Claus GW. Phenotypic characteristics correlated with deoxyribonucleic acid sequence similarities for three species of Gluconobacter: G. oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961, G. frateurii sp. nov., and G. asaii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:174-184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gluconobacter cerinus (ex Asai 1935) Yamada and Akita 1984

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconobacter cerinus (ex Asai 1935) Yamada and Akita 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Katsura et al. (2002), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Gluconobacter cerinus (ex Asai 1935) Yamada and Akita 1984. Publication: Katsura K, Yamada Y, Uchimura T, Komagata K. Gluconobacter asaii Mason and Claus 1989 is a junior subjective synonym of Gluconobacter cerinus Yamada and Akita 1984. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1635-1640.
  • ❗ Gluconobacter asaii 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 Gluconobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mason LM, Claus GW. Phenotypic characteristics correlated with deoxyribonucleic acid sequence similarities for three species of Gluconobacter: G. oxydans (Henneberg 1897) De Ley 1961, G. frateurii sp. nov., and G. asaii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:174-184.

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Record number: 776549