''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the

acetic acid bacteria Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are a group of Gram-negative bacteria which oxidize sugars or ethanol and produce acetic acid during fermentation. The acetic acid bacteria consist of 10 genera in the family Acetobacteraceae. Several species of acetic ...

family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pears. They are used alone with acetobacter for microbial degradation of ethanol

Species

A number of species are in the genus, such as: * ''

Gluconobacter albidus ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

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Gluconobacter asaii ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

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Gluconobacter cerevisiae ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

''was isolated from fermenting lambic beer in 2014 and proposed as a new species. * ''

Gluconobacter cerinus ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be Pathogenic bacteria, pathogenic but can cause Dec ...

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Gluconobacter frateurii ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

'' * '' Gluconobacter japonicus'' * ''

Gluconobacter kanchanaburiensis ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

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Gluconobacter kondonii ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

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Gluconobacter nephelii ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

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Gluconobacter oxydans ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

''is probably the best known, because it has a number of applications in biotechnology.https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Gluconobacter_oxydans * ''

Gluconobacter sphaericus ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

'' * '' Gluconobacter thailandicus'' * ''

Gluconobacter uchimurae ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

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Gluconobacter wancherniae ''Gluconobacter'' is a genus of bacteria in the acetic acid bacteria family. They prefer sugar-rich environments, so are sometimes found as a spoilage organism in beer. They are not known to be pathogenic but can cause rot in apples and pear ...

References

Rhodospirillales Bacteria genera {{Alphaproteobacteria-stub