Name: Acetobacter (Beijerinck 1898) Yamada and Kondo 1985

Category: Subgenus

Proposed as: subgen. nov.

Etymology: A.ce.to.bac.ter. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acetobacter, vinegar rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Acetobacter-)

Effective publication: Yamada Y, Kondo K. Gluconoacetobacter, a new subgenus comprising the acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with ubiquinone-10 in the genus Acetobacter. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:297-303.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 17. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:223-225.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Yamada and Kondo (1984) assigned this subgenus to the genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yamada Y, Kondo K. Gluconoacetobacter, a new subgenus comprising the acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with ubiquinone-10 in the genus Acetobacter. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:297-303.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Accitobacter"; "Acclobacter"; "Acctobacter"; "Aceaobacter"; "Acecobacter"; "Acefobacter"; "Acelobacler"; "Acelobacter"; "Acembacter"; "Acerobacter"; "Acetabacter"; "Acetobaceer"; "Acetobactev"; "Acetobactor"; "Acetobaczer"; "Acetobaefer"; "Acetobocter"; "Acetobucter"; "Acetohacter"; "Acetohocter"; "Acetohucter"; "Acetotobacter"; "Acetubacter"; "Acewbacter"; "Acezobacter"; "Acotobacter"; "Aeelobacter"; "Aeetobacter"; "Aeezobacter"; "Autobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Acetobacteria".
  • 😴 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "default: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; acet. Xylinus: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ACBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 Acetobacter (subgen. Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898) is automatically created by the valid publication of the subgenus Acetobacter (subgen. Gluconoacetobacter Yamada and Kondo 1985) (Rule 39). Publication: Yamada Y, Kondo K. Gluconoacetobacter, a new subgenus comprising the acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with ubiquinone-10 in the genus Acetobacter. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:297-303.

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