Genus Bdellovibrio
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Bdellovibrio Stolp and Starr 1963, genus. (Type genus of the order ¤ Bdellovibrionales Garrity et al. 2006; type genus of the family ¤ Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006).
Type species: ¤ Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Stolp and Starr 1963 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. bdella, leech, sucker; L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. n. Bdellovibrio, a leechlike vibrio.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: STOLP (H.J.) and STARR (M.P.): Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus gen. et sp. n., a predatory; ectoparasitic and bacteriolytic microorganism. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1963, 29, 217-248.
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Stolp and Starr 1963, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15356= DSM 50701 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 9529.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ292759.
Etymology: L. neut. n. bacterium, rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. masc. adj. bacteriovorus, bacteria devouring.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: STOLP (H.J.) and STARR (M.P.): Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus gen. et sp. n., a predatory; ectoparasitic and bacteriolytic microorganism. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology, 1963, 29, 217-248.
Bdellovibrio exovorus Koval et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JSS = ATCC BAA-2330 = DSM 25223.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF687743.
Etymology: Gr. pref. exo-, outside; L. v. vorare, to devour, to consume; L. suff. -vorus, eating; N.L. masc. adj. exovorus, eating outside, referring to the epibiotic life cycle.
Valid publication: KOVAL (S.F.), HYNES (S.H.), FLANNAGAN (R.S.), PASTERNAK (Z.), DAVIDOV (Y.) and JURKEVITCH (E.): Bdellovibrio exovorus sp. nov., a novel predator of Caulobacter crescentus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 146-151.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Bdellovibrio starrii Seidler et al. 1972, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A3.12 = ATCC 15145= NCCB 72004.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF084852.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. starrii, of Starr, named after M.P. Starr, an investigator of the bdellovibrios.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: SEIDLER (R.J.), MANDEL (M.) and BAPTIST (J.N.): Molecular heterogeneity of the bdellovibrios; evidence for two new species. Journal of Bacteriology, 1972, 109, 209-217.
→ ¤ Bacteriovorax starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000, comb. nov.
→ ¤ Peredibacter starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004 comb. nov.
Bdellovibrio stolpii Seidler et al. 1972, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Uki2 = ATCC 27052= DSM 12778 = DSM 50722.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ288899.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. stolpii, of Stolp, named after the American microbiologist Stolp.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: SEIDLER (R.J.), MANDEL (M.) and BAPTIST (J.N.): Molecular heterogeneity of the bdellovibrios; evidence for two new species. Journal of Bacteriology, 1972, 109, 209-217.
→ ¤ Bacteriovorax stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000, comb. nov.
→ ¤ Bacteriolyticum stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Piñeiro et al. 2008, comb. nov. (illegitimate new combination).