Acetobacteraceae

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Acetobacteraceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Acetobacteraceae
(ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980[1]
Genera

See text.

Synonyms
  • Elioraeaceae Habib et al. 2020

Acetobacteraceae is a

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.[2] Ten genera from Acetobacteraceae make up the acetic acid bacteria.[3]

History

Acetobacteraceae was originally proposed as a family for

rRNA and DNA–DNA hybridization comparisons in 1980.[1]

Genera

Accepted Genera

The following genera have been effectively and validly published:[2]

Provisional Genera

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

Bacteriological Code:[2]

  • "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

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