''Acetobacter cerevisiae'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
Gram negative
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that, unlike gram-positive bacteria, do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. Their defining characteristic is that their cell envelope consists of ...
acetic acid bacteria
Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of Gram-negative bacteria which Oxidation, oxidize sugars or ethanol and produce acetic acid during Aerobic fermentation, fermentation. The acetic acid bacteria consist of 10 genus, genera in the family Acet ...
. Its type strain is LMG 1625
T (= DSM 14362
T = NCIB 8894
T = ATCC 23765
T).
History
The species was identified in 2002 by
DNA-DNA hybridization as a group of related strains previously designated ''
Acetobacter pasteurianus
''Acetobacter'' is a genus of acetic acid bacteria. Acetic acid bacteria are characterized by the ability to convert ethanol to acetic acid in the presence of oxygen. Of these, the genus ''Acetobacter'' is distinguished by the ability to oxidiz ...
'' which were closely related to one another but not to other ''A. pasteurianus'' strains. These strains were all originally isolated from
breweries
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of be ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Acetobacter cerevisiae'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Rhodospirillales
Bacteria described in 2002
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