Name: Acetobacter aceti subsp. liquefaciens (Asai 1935) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig. Asai 1935

Etymology: li.que.fa’ciens. N.L. part. adj. liquefaciens, liquefying; from L. v. liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X75617 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: De Ley J, Frateur J. Genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898, 215. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, eighth edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 276-278.

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: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gluconoacetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank
    Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig. (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Gluconobacter liquifaciens" Asai 1935	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank
    "Gluconobacter liquefaciens" corrig. Asai 1935	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    Acetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Yamada and Tahara 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, distinct rank
    Acetobacter liquefaciens (Asai 1935) Gosselé et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Acetobacter aceti subsp. liquefaciens is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Acetobacter aceti within a separate genus Acetobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Acetobacter aceti (Pasteur 1864) Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: De Ley J, Frateur J. Genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898, 215. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, eighth edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 276-278.

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Record number: 772486