Name: Acetobacter xylinus subsp. xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Toyosaki et al. 1996

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: "Bacterium xylinum" Brown 1886

Etymology: xyli’nus. Gr. neut. n. xylon, wood cut and ready for use, firewood, timber; L. adj. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; L. masc. adj. xylinus, belonging to wood, woody

Gender: 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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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: orphaned subspecies

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Acetobacter xylinum subsp. xylinum (Brown 1886) Toyosaki et al. 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996 according to rule 40d. 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.
  • ❗ Acetobacter xylinus subsp. xylinus 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.
  • 🧍 Acetobacter xylinus [with two subspecies: Acetobacter xylinus subsp. sucrofermentans corrig. Toyosaki et al. 1996, and Acetobacter xylinus subsp. xylinus corrig. (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984] has been transferred to the genus Gluconacetobacter as a new combination, Gluconacetobacter xylinus (Brown 1886) Yamada et al. 1998. However, the two subspecies are not mentioned in reclassification. — 🧍 The original spelling, Acetobacter xylinum (sic) subsp. xylinum (sic), has been corrected by Euzéby 1997. 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 authorship, (Brown 1886) Yamada 1984, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. 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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