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The Family Acetobacteraceae: The Genera Acetobacter, Acidomonas, Asaia, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter, and Kozakia

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The Prokaryotes

Introduction and General Characteristics

Acetic acid bacteria comprise a widespread group of Gram-negative, obligately aerobic rods. They occur mainly in sugary, acidic and alcoholic habitats and have been studied extensively, since they can play a positive, neutral or detrimental role in foodstuffs and beverages. Some species of the Acetobacteraceae play a key role in the industrial manufacture of vinegar. The following genera belong to this family: Acetobacter (type genus), Acidomonas, Asaia, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter and Kozakia. The names Acetobacter and Gluconobacter are known in literature since 1898 and 1935, respectively, whereas the other genus names were published after 1989.

All members of the Acetobacteraceae are obligately aerobic and their metabolism is strictly respiratory with oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor. A common feature of the acetic acid bacteria (with the exception of Asaia) is the aerobic oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid, with accumulation...

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Box 196, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0312, USA

    Martin Dworkin Professor Dr. (Editor-in-Chief) (Editor-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

    Stanley Falkow

  3. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, 69978, Israel

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  4. Department of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, 80290, Munich, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Schleifer

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Kersters, K., Lisdiyanti, P., Komagata, K., Swings, J. (2006). The Family Acetobacteraceae: The Genera Acetobacter, Acidomonas, Asaia, Gluconacetobacter, Gluconobacter, and Kozakia . In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30745-1_9

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