Name: Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: su.cro.fer.men’tans. N.L. masc. part. adj. sucrofermentans, intended to mean sucrose-fermenting

Pronunciation, gender: su-kro-fer-MEN-tans, masculine

Type strain: BCC 7227; BPR 2001; DSM 15973; JCM 9730; LMG 18788

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ007698 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Toyosaki H, Kojima Y, Tsuchida T, Hoshino KI, Yamada Y, Yoshinaga F. The characterization of an acetic acid bacterium useful for producing bacterial cellulose in agitation cultures: the proposal of Acetobacter xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans subsp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:307-314. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 58. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:836-837.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Gluconacetobacter sucrofermentans (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Cleenwerck et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Komagatabacter sucrofermentans" (Toyosaki et al. 1996) Yamada et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
    Acetobacter xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans Toyosaki et al. 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans 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 xylinus 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:585. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.
  • 🧍 Acetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984 has been transferred to the genus Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998. However, the subspecies Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans is not mentioned in reclassification. Publication: Yamada Y. Acetobacter xylinus sp. nov., nom. rev., for the cellulose-forming and cellulose-less, acetate-oxidizing acetic acid bacteria with the Q-10 system. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:417-420. 🇯🇵
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Acetobacter xylinum (sic) subsp. sucrofermentans, has been corrected by Euzéby 1997. Publication: Euzéby JP. Revised nomenclature of specific or subspecific epithets that do not agree in gender with generic names that end in -bacter. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:585.

Parent taxon: Acetobacter xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984

Assigned by: Toyosaki H, Kojima Y, Tsuchida T, Hoshino KI, Yamada Y, Yoshinaga F. The characterization of an acetic acid bacterium useful for producing bacterial cellulose in agitation cultures: the proposal of Acetobacter xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans subsp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 41:307-314. 🇯🇵

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