Name: Zymomonas mobilis subsp. pomaceae (Millis 1956) De Ley and Swings 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Etymology: po.ma.ce.ae. M.L. neut. n. pomacium, cider (from late Latin pomum, apple); M.L. gen. neut. n. pomaceae, of cider (sic) [incorrectly formed: should have been: pomacii]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29192; DSM 22645; IFO 13757; JCM 10191; LMG 448; NBRC 13757; NCIB 11200; NCIMB 11200; NRRL B-4491

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF281032 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: De Ley J, Swings J. Phenotypic description, numerical analysis and a proposal for an improved taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:146-157.

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

• Emendations:
  • Coton et al. 2006 Coton M, Laplace JM, Auffray Y, Coton E. Polyphasic study of Zymomonas mobilis strains revealing the existence of a novel subspecies Z. mobilis subsp. francensis subsp. nov., isolated from French cider. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:121-125. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "(spelled 'Zymomonas mobilis subsp. pomacea' in TRBA)".

Parent taxon: Zymomonas mobilis corrig. (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: De Ley J, Swings J. Phenotypic description, numerical analysis and a proposal for an improved taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:146-157.

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