Name: Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Mycoderma pasteurianum" Hansen 1879

Etymology: pas.teur.i.a’nus. N.L. masc. adj. pasteurianus, pertaining to Pasteur, named after Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and bacteriologist

Gender: masculine

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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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. estunensis (Carr 1958) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. 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.
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. lovaniensis (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. 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.
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. ascendens (Henneberg 1898) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. 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.
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. paradoxus (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. 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.
  • If an author accepts that Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. ascendens (Henneberg 1898) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980), and Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. paradoxus (Frateur 1950) De Ley and Frateur 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) are later heterotypic synonyms of Acetobacter pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) Beijerinck and Folpmers 1916 (Approved Lists 1980) then Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) De Ley and Frateur 1974 should thereafter be designated simply as Acetobacter pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) Beijerinck and Folpmers 1916 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beijerinck MW, Folpmers T. Verslagen van de gewone vergadering der wis- en natuurkundige afdeeling. Koninklijke Akademic van Wetenschappente Amsterdam 1916; 18:1198-1200.
  • In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. pasteurianus is erroneously cited as Acetobacter pasteurianus subsp. pasteurianus (Hansen 1879) De Ley and Frateur 1974. (Due to a subsequent change of Rule 40d, this indication of authorship is now correct.) Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Necessary corrections to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names according to Rule 40d (formerly Rule 46). Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2321-2322.

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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