Name: Gluconobacter frateurii Mason and Claus 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: frat.eur’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. frateurii, of Frateur, named after Joseph Frateur (1903-1974), Belgian microbiologist, who is well known for his study of acetic acid bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49207; CIP 104735; DSM 7146; IFO 3264; LMG 1365; NBRC 3264

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X82290 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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 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 48 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 776551