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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

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

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

Pronunciation, gender: su-kro-fer-MEN-tans, 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

Effective publication: Yamada Y, Yukphan P, Lan Vu HT, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y. Description of Komagataeibacter gen. nov., with proposals of new combinations (Acetobacteraceae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:397-404. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Gluconacetobacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Cleenwerck et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Komagatabacter sucrofermentans" (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Acetobacter xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans Toyosaki et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 27 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The strain DSM 15973, also cited in the effective publication, does not appear in the DSMZ website. Publication: Yamada Y, Yukpan P, Vu HTL, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Nakagawa Y. Subdivision of the genus Gluconacetobacter Yamada, Hoshino and Ishikawa 1998: the proposal of Komagatabacter gen. nov., for strains accomodated to the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group in the α-Proteobacteria. Ann. Microbiol. 2012; 62:849-859. 🇯🇵

Parent taxon: Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013

Assigned by: Yamada Y, Yukphan P, Lan Vu HT, Muramatsu Y, Ochaikul D, Tanasupawat S, Nakagawa Y. Description of Komagataeibacter gen. nov., with proposals of new combinations (Acetobacteraceae). J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:397-404. 🇯🇵

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