''Acetobacter cerevisiae'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
Gram negative acetic acid bacteria. 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'' which were closely related to one another but not to other ''A. pasteurianus'' strains. These strains were all originally isolated from
breweries
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.
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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