Name: Acetobacter aceti subsp. xylinum (Brown 1886) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium xylinum" Brown 1886

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ke-to-BAK-ter a-KE-ti XY-li-num, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23767; BCRC 12952; CCM 3611; CCRC 12952; CCUG 37299; CIP 103107; CIP 57.14; DSM 6513; IFO 15237; JCM 7644; LMG 1515; NBRC 15237; NCIB 11301; NCIB 11664; NCIB 4112; NCIMB 11301; NCIMB 11664; NCIMB 4112; NCTC 41124

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X75619 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: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Acetobacter aceti subsp. xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Bacterium xylinum" Brown 1886	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    Acetobacter aceti subsp. xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Acetobacter xylinum (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank
    "Komagatabacter xylinus" (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
    Komagataeibacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Gluconacetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Gluconoacetobacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

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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