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Subdivision of the genus Gluconacetobacter Yamada, Hoshino and Ishikawa 1998: the proposal of Komagatabacter gen. nov., for strains accommodated to the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group in the α-Proteobacteria

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The genus Gluconacetobacter is divided into two groups phylogenetically, phenotypically and ecologically: the Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens group and the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group. For the latter group, the genus Komagatabacter is newly introduced, and the type species of the new genus is designated as Komagatabacter xylinus (Brown 1886) comb. nov. Twelve species of the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group are transferred to the new genus as new combinations.

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  1. BIOTEC Culture Collection, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 113 Thailand Science Park, Phaholyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

    Yuzo Yamada & Pattaraporn Yukphan

  2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Sciences, Vietnam National University–HCMC, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, Ward 4, District 5, Hochiminh City, Vietnam

    Huong Thi Lan Vu

  3. NITE Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-5-8 Kazusa Kamatari, Kisarazu, 292–0818, Japan

    Yuki Muramatsu & Yasuyoshi Nakagawa

  4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Chalongkrung Road, Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 10520, Thailand

    Duangjai Ochaikul

  5. JICA Senior Overseas Volunteer, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151–8558, Japan

    Yuzo Yamada

  6. Professor Emeritus, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422–8529, Japan

    Yuzo Yamada

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Yamada, Y., Yukphan, P., Vu, H.T.L. et al. Subdivision of the genus Gluconacetobacter Yamada, Hoshino and Ishikawa 1998: the proposal of Komagatabacter gen. nov., for strains accommodated to the Gluconacetobacter xylinus group in the α-Proteobacteria . Ann Microbiol 62, 849–859 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-011-0288-4

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