Name: Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. lovaniensis (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Acetobacter lovaniense" Frateur 1950

Etymology: lo.va.ni.en’sis. L. masc. adj. lovaniensis, pertaining to the city Louvain (Lovanium), in Belgium, where the type strain was isolated and studied by J. Frateur

Pronunciation, gender: … lo-wa-ni-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12875; DSM 4491; DSM 46218; IFO 13753; LMG 1579; LMG 1617; NBRC 13753; NCIB 8620; NCIMB 8620

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB032351 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Acetobacter lovaniensis (Frateur 1950) Lisdiyanti et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter lovaniensis (Frateur 1950) Lisdiyanti et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Acetobacter lovaniense" Frateur 1950	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. lovaniensis 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 pasteurianus 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. — 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.
  • 🙅 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 pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) Beijerinck and Folpmers 1916 (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: 772513