Name: "Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig. Asai 1935

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.que.fa’ciens. L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. part. adj. liquefaciens, liquefying

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14835; CCUG 18124; CIP 103109; DSM 5603; IAM 1834; IF0 12388; IFO 12388; LMG 1381; LMG 1382; NBRC 12388; NCCB 76052

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16S rRNA gene: X75617 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Asai T. Taxonomic studies on acetic acid bacteria and allied oxidative bacteria isolated from fruits. A new classification of the oxidative bacteria. Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1935; 11:674-708.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig. (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconoacetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig. (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Gluconobacter liquifaciens" Asai 1935	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Acetobacter aceti subsp. liquefaciens (Asai 1935) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Acetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada and Tahara 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Acetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Gosselé et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Asai T. Taxonomic studies on acetic acid bacteria and allied oxidative bacteria isolated from fruits. A new classification of the oxidative bacteria. Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1935; 11:674-708.

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Record number: 4243