Acetobacteraceae

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::summary Family of bacteria ::

| image = | image_caption = | taxon = Acetobacteraceae | authority = (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = * Elioraeaceae Habib et al. 2020

Acetobacteraceae is a family of Gram-negative bacteria, belonging to the order Rhodospirillales, class Alphaproteobacteria. Two distinct clades are recognized: the acetic acid bacteria and a more heterogeneous group including acidophilic and phototrophic bacteria. The type genus is Acetobacter. Ten genera from Acetobacteraceae make up the acetic acid bacteria.

History

Acetobacteraceae was originally proposed as a family for Acetobacter and Gluconobacter based on rRNA and DNA–DNA hybridization comparisons in 1980.

Genera

Accepted genera

The following genera have been effectively and validly published:

• Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)
• Acidibrevibacterium Muhadesi et al. 2019
• Acidicaldus Johnson et al. 2006
• Acidiphilium Harrison 1981
• Acidisoma Belova et al. 2009
• Acidisphaera Hiraishi et al. 2000
• Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996
• Acidomonas Urakami et al. 1989
• Ameyamaea Yukphan et al. 2010
• Asaia Yamada et al. 2000
• Belnapia Reddy et al. 2006
• Bombella Li et al. 2015
• Caldovatus Habib et al. 2017
• Commensalibacter Roh et al. 2019
• Craurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998
• Crenalkalicoccus Ming et al. 2016
• Dankookia Kim et al. 2016
• Elioraea Albuquerque et al. 2008
• Endobacter Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2013
• Entomobacter Guzman et al. 2021
• Gluconacetobacter corrig. Yamada et al. 1998
• Gluconobacter Asai 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)
• Granulibacter Greenberg et al. 2006
• Humitalea Margesin and Zhang 2013
• Komagataeibacter Yamada et al. 2013
• Kozakia Lisdiyanti et al. 2002
• Lichenicoccus Pankratov et al. 2020
• Lichenicola Noh et al. 2020
• Muricoccus Kämpfer et al. 2003
• Neoasaia Yukphan et al. 2006
• Neokomagataea Yukphan et al. 2011
• Nguyenibacter Vu et al. 2013
• Oecophyllibacter Chua et al. 2021
• Paracraurococcus Saitoh et al. 1998
• Plastoroseomonas Rai et al. 2022
• Rhodopila Imhoff et al. 1984
• Rhodovarius Kämpfer et al. 2004
• Rhodovastum Okamura et al. 2018
• Roseicella Khan et al. 2019
• Roseococcus Yurkov et al. 1994
• Roseomonas Rihs et al. 1998
• Rubritepida Alarico et al. 2002
• Saccharibacter Jojima et al. 2004
• Siccirubricoccus Yang et al. 2017
• Swaminathania Loganathan and Nair 2004
• Swingsia Malimas et al. 2014
• Tanticharoenia Yukphan et al. 2008
• Teichococcus Kämpfer et al. 2003

Provisional genera

The following genera have been published, but not validated according to the Bacteriological Code:

• "Acetomonas" Leifson 1954
• "Granulobacter" Beijerinck and van Delden 1904
• "Komagatabacter" Yamada et al. 2012
• "Parasaccharibacter" Corby-Harris et al. 2014
• "Sediminicoccus" Qu et al. 2013

References

References

1. (January 1980). "Intra- and Intergenic Similarities of the Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Cistrons of ''Acetobacter'' and ''Gluconobacter''". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
2. "''Acetobacteraceae''".
3. (2008). "Biotechnological applications of acetic acid bacteria". Critical Reviews in Biotechnology.

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