''Komagataeibacter'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
in the family
Acetobacteraceae
Acetobacteraceae is a Family (biology), 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 ac ...
.
It was described in 2012 by Yamada ''et al''.
The type species is ''
Komagataeibacter xylinus
''Komagataeibacter xylinus'' is a species of bacteria best known for its ability to produce cellulose, specifically bacterial cellulose.
History and taxonomy
The species was first described in 1886 by Adrian John Brown, who identified the bacte ...
''.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
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Komagataeibacter cocois''
Liu ''et al''. 2018
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Komagataeibacter diospyri''
Naloka ''et al''. 2020
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Komagataeibacter europaeus''
(Sievers ''et al''. 1992) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter hansenii
''Komagataeibacter hansenii'' is a species 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. ...
''
(Gosselé ''et al''. 1983) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter intermedius''
(Boesch ''et al''. 1998) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter kakiaceti''
(Iino ''et al''. 2012) Yamada 2014
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Komagataeibacter kombuchae''
(Dutta and Gachhui 2007) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter maltaceti''
(Slapšak ''et al''. 2013) Yamada 2014
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Komagataeibacter medellinensis''
(Castro ''et al''. 2013) Yamada 2014
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Komagataeibacter melaceti''
Marič ''et al''. 2020
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Komagataeibacter melomenusus''
Marič ''et al''. 2020
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Komagataeibacter nataicola''
(Lisdiyanti ''et al''. 2006) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter oboediens''
(Sokollek ''et al''. 1998) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter pomaceti''
Škraban ''et al''. 2019
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Komagataeibacter rhaeticus''
(Dellaglio ''et al''. 2005) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter saccharivorans''
(Lisdiyanti ''et al''. 2006) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans''
(Toyosaki ''et al''. 1996) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter swingsii''
(Dellaglio ''et al''. 2005) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
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Komagataeibacter xylinus
''Komagataeibacter xylinus'' is a species of bacteria best known for its ability to produce cellulose, specifically bacterial cellulose.
History and taxonomy
The species was first described in 1886 by Adrian John Brown, who identified the bacte ...
''
(Brown 1886) Yamada ''et al''. 2013
See also
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Bacterial taxonomy
Bacterial taxonomy is subfield of taxonomy devoted to the classification of bacteria specimens into taxonomic ranks. Archaeal taxonomy are governed by the same rules.
In the scientific classification established by Carl Linnaeus, each species is ...
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Kombucha
Kombucha (also tea mushroom, tea fungus, or Manchurian mushroom when referring to the Microbiological culture, culture; Latin name ''Medusomyces gisevii'') is a fermented beverage, fermented, effervescent, Sweetened beverage, sweetened black ...
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Microbiology
Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...
References
Bacteria genera
Rhodospirillales
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