RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Swings, J. A1 Gillis, M. A1 Kersters, K. A1 De Vos, P. A1 Gosselé, F. A1 De Ley, J.YR 1980 T1 Frateuria, a New Genus for “Acetobacter aurantius” JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 30 IS 3 SP 547 OP 556 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-3-547 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB The properties and taxonomic positions of 11 strains previously identified as members of “Acetobacter aurantius Kondô and Ameyama” (this name is not on the Approved Lists) were reexamined. For each we determined about 100 phenotypic features, the protein gel electropherograms, and the parameters of deoxyribonucleic acid:14C-ribosomal ribonucleic acid (DNA:[14C]rRNA) hybrids. The 11 strains fell into three taxonomically distinct groups. Strain IFO 3248 was the only one which belonged in Acetobacter. Strain IFO 3246 was an atypical Gluconobacter. The remaining nine strains formed a tight cluster, with very similar phenotypic features and protein gel electropherograms. Taxonomically, this cluster is quite removed from Gluconobacter and Acetobacter, and the properties of its DNA:rRNA hybrids suggest that it is closer to Pseudomonas Section I (R. E. Buchanan and N. E. Gibbons [ed.], Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed.) and Xanthomonas. We propose the name Frateuria gen. nov. for this cluster, with Frateuria aurantia sp. nov. as the type species and IFO 3245 as the type strain. An extensive phenotypic description and minimal standards of the new genus are given, as is the phenotypic differentiation from Gluconobacter and Acetobacter., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-30-3-547