Name: Zymomonas mobilis corrig. (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Thermobacterium mobile" Lindner 1928

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 10988; CCUG 17860; CIP 102538; DSM 12496; DSM 424; JCM 20722; LMG 404; NCAIM B.01327; NRRL B-806

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF281031 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II. 1936; 94:369-403.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Thermobacterium mobile" Lindner 1928	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Zymomonas mobile (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• 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:
    • In the publication by Hördt et al. (2020) the authority was incorrectly given as "(Lindner 1928) De Ley and Swings 1976".

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis (Lindner 1928) De Ley and Swings 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zymomonas mobilis subsp. pomaceae (Millis 1956) De Ley and Swings 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Zymomonas mobilis subsp. francensis Coton et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II. 1936; 94:369-403.

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Record number: 785236