Gluconacetobacter is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). In 2012, several species previously classified in the genus Gluconacetobacter were reclassified under the new genus Komagataeibacter, including the cellulose producing species Komagataeibacter xylinus.
Etymology The name Gluconacetobacter derives from: Neo-Latin acidum gluconicum, gluconic acid; Latin noun acetum, vinegar; Neo-Latin bacter, rod; giving Gluconacetobacter, gluconate-vinegar rod.
Species The genus contains the following species: Gluconacetobacter aggeris corrig. Nishijima et al. 2013 Gluconacetobacter asukensis Tazato et al. 2012 Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans Fuentes-Ramírez et al. 2001 Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus corrig. (Gillis et al. 1989) Yamada et al. 1998 Gluconacetobacter dulcium Sombolestani et al. 2021 Gluconacetobacter entanii Schüller et al. 2000
Gluconacetobacter johannae Fuentes-Ramírez et al. 2001
Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens corrig. (Asai 1935) Yamada et al. 1998
Gluconacetobacter sacchari Franke et al. 1999
Gluconacetobacter takamatsuzukensis Nishijima et al. 2013 Gluconacetobacter tumulicola Tazato et al. 2012 Gluconacetobacter tumulisoli Nishijima et al. 2013
See also Bacterial taxonomy Kombucha Microbiology
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