Name: Komagataeibacter medellinensis (Castro et al. 2013) Yamada 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Gluconacetobacter medellinensis Castro et al. 2013

Etymology: me.del.lin.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. medellinensis, referring to Medellin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: IFO 3288; Kondo 51; LMG 1693; NBRC 3288

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680048 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamada Y. Transfer of Gluconacetobacter kakiaceti, Gluconacetobacter medellinensis and Gluconacetobacter maltaceti to the genus Komagataeibacter as Komagataeibacter kakiaceti comb. nov., Komagataeibacter medellinensis comb. nov. and Komagataeibacter maltaceti comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1670-1672.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconacetobacter medellinensis Castro et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15012 (N = 36).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013

Assigned by: Yamada Y. Transfer of Gluconacetobacter kakiaceti, Gluconacetobacter medellinensis and Gluconacetobacter maltaceti to the genus Komagataeibacter as Komagataeibacter kakiaceti comb. nov., Komagataeibacter medellinensis comb. nov. and Komagataeibacter maltaceti comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1670-1672.

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Record number: 791751