duced in acetic acid bacteria with a single species, Asaia bogorensis Yamada et al. 2000 (Yamada et al., 2000). Since the second and the third species were additionally described as Asaia siamensis Katsura et al. 2001 and Asaia krungthepensis Yukphan et al. 2004, three species were described in total (Katsura et al., 2001; Yukphan et al., 2004). Strains of the three Asaia species show common ph...

Twenty-six strains of acetic acid bacteria were isolated from fruits, flowers and related materials collected in Thailand. They were divided into three genera, Acetobacter, Gluconobacter and Asaia, by phenotypic characterization and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. On the basis of 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer (16S-23S rDNA ITS) restriction and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses, f...

Spiroplasma species (Mollicutes: Spiroplasmataceae) are associated with a wide variety of insects, and serology has classified this genus into 34 groups, 3 with subgroups. The 16S rRNA gene has been used for phylogenetic analysis of spiroplasmas, but this approach is uninformative for group VIII because the serologically distinct subgroups generally have similarity coefficients >0.990. Therefor...