Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.1245

Name

Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Carr 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Zymomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Members

species	Zymomonas mobilis (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
order Sphingomonadales Yabuuchi and Kosako 2006 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Zymomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020
genus Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Carr 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 emend. Carr 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.1245.

Source File

10.1601/tx.1245.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 23, 2020.

References

Kluyver AJ, van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1936; 94:369-403.
Kosako Y, Yabuuchi E, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K. Proposal of Sphingomonadaceae fam. nov., consisting of Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990, Erythrobacter Shiba and Shimidu 1982, Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994, Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993, Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936, and Sandaracinobacter Yurkov et al. 1997, with the type genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990. Microbiol Immunol 2000; 44:563-575. [PubMed].
Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Weinhold L-M, Gronow S, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Schleuning M, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbio. 2020; 11:468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468 [PubMed].