Name: Acetobacter aceti subsp. orleanensis (Henneberg 1906) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium orleanense" Henneberg 1906

Etymology: or.lean.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. orleanensis, pertaining to the city Orleans and the "Orleans method" for vinegar production

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12876; CCUG 18126; DSM 4492; DSM 46223; IFO 13752; JCM 7639; LMG 1583; NBRC 13752; NCCB 31003; NCIB 8622; NCIMB 8622

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB032350 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: Acetobacter orleanensis (Henneberg 1906) Lisdiyanti et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium orleanense" Henneberg 1906	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    Acetobacter orleanensis (Henneberg 1906) Lisdiyanti et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Acetobacter aceti subsp. orleanensis 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: 772487