TABLE 1.

Taxonomic characteristics of G. morbifer sp. nov., strain G707^T and type strains of the other species in the genus Gluconobacter

Characteristic	Result for straina:
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Growth at 37°C	+	−	NR	+c	−c	−c	wc
Growth at pH 3.0	−	NR	NR	+c	−c	+c	+c
Acid production from:
d-Mannose	+	NR	+d	wc	+c	+c	−c
d-Sorbitol	−	w	+d	−c	+c	−c	−c
Melibiose	+	+	+d	wc	+c	+c	−c
Sucrose	+	+	+d	−c	−c	+c	−c
d-Arabitol	+	NR	NR	−b	+b	+b	NR
l-Arabitol	+	NR	NR	−b	−b	+b	NR
Growth on:
d-Glucose	−	+	w	+	+	+	+
d-Fructose	+	+	w or −	+	+	+	+
d-Mannitol	+	+	w or −	+	+	+	+
d-Sorbitol	+	vw	vw or −	+	+	+	−
Glycerol	+	+	w or −	+	+	+	+
Sucrose	+	+	w	−	w	+	+
d-Arabitol	+	+	vw or −	vw/−e	+	+	+
DNA G+C content (mol%)	54.1	59.8	60d	60.3d	55.9d	55.1d	55.8c

^aStrains: 1, Gluconobacter morbifer, sp. nov., G707^T; 2, G. kondonii NBRC 3266^T; 3, G. albidus NBRC 3250^T; 4, G. oxydans NBRC 14819^T; 5, G. cerinus NBRC 3267^T; 6, G. frateurii NBRC 3264^T; 7, G. thailandicus F149-1^T. Data for reference strains are from Malimas et al. (28). +, positive; w, weakly positive; vw, very weakly positive; −, negative; NR, not reported.

^bCited from Yamada et al. (54).

^cCited from Tanasupawat et al. (45).

^dCited from Yukphan et al. (56).

^eNegative datum from Tanasupawat et al. (45).