Genus Devosia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 23
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).
Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Devosia riboflavina (ex Foster 1944) Nakagawa et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Devosia, honoring Paul De Vos, a Belgian microbiologist, for his basic contribution to the taxonomy of pseudomonads.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (Y.), SAKANE (T.) and YOKOTA (A.): Transfer of "Pseudomonas riboflavina" (Foster 1944), a gram-negative, motile rod with long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids, to Devosia riboflavina gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 16-22.
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→ Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996 emend. Rivas et al. 2003.
References: Validation List no. 92 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 935-937. [RIVAS (R.), WILLEMS (A.), SUBBA-RAO (N.S.), MATEOS (P.F.), DAZZO (F.B.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA (E.), GILLIS (M.) and VELÁZQUEZ (E.): Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 26, 47-53.]
Validation List no. 92 in IJSEM Online - Original article Online
→ Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996 emend. Yoo et al. 2006.
Reference: YOO (S.H.), WEON (H.Y.), KIM (B.Y.), HONG (S.B.), KWON (S.W.), CHO (Y.H.), GO (S.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Devosia soli sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2689-2692.
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→ Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996 emend. Yoon et al. 2007.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), PARK (S.) and OH (T.K.): Devosia insulae sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended description of the genus Devosia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1310-1314.
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→ Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996 emend. Zhang et al. 2012.
Reference: ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.), LIU (H.C.), ZHOU (Y.G.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Devosia psychrophila sp. nov. and Devosia glacialis sp. nov., from alpine glacier cryoconite, and an emended description of the genus Devosia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 710-715.
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Devosia albogilva Verma et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IPL15 = CCM 7427 = MTCC 8594.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF433460.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. albogilva, whitish yellow.
Valid publication: VERMA (M.), KUMAR (M.), DADHWAL (M.), KAUR (J.) and LAL (R.): Devosia albogilva sp. nov. and Devosia crocina sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 795-799.
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Devosia chinhatensis Kumar et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IPL18 = CCM 7426 = MTCC 8593.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF433462.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. chinhatensis, pertaining to Chinhat, India, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KUMAR (M.), VERMA (M.) and LAL (R.): Devosia chinhatensis sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) dump site in India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 861-865.
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Devosia confluentis Park et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HJR-2=KCTC 52211=NBRC 112271.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU507536.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. fem. gen. n. confluentis, of a meeting place of waters.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y. T., KIM, S. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Devosia confluentis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater lake, and reclassification of two Vasilyevaea species as Devosia enhydra comb. nov. and Devosia mishustinii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3935-3941.
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Devosia crocina Verma et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IPL20 = CCM 7425 = MTCC 8590.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF433461.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. crocina, saffron-coloured.
Valid publication: VERMA (M.), KUMAR (M.), DADHWAL (M.), KAUR (J.) and LAL (R.): Devosia albogilva sp. nov. and Devosia crocina sp. nov., isolated from a hexachlorocyclohexane dump site. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 795-799.
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Devosia elaeis Mohd et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S37=TBRC 5145=LMG 29420.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KT345712.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. elaeis, of the oil palm genus Elaeis.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: MOHD NOR, M. N., SABARATNAM, V. and TAN, G. Y. A. 2017. Devosia elaeis sp. nov., isolated from oil palm rhizospheric soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 851-855.
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Devosia enhydra Park et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 9b=ATCC 23634=VKM B-1376.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ221761.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Basonym: ¤ Vasilyevaea enhydra (Staley 1968) Yee et al. 2010.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. enhydra, living in water, aquatic.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y. T., KIM, S. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Devosia confluentis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater lake, and reclassification of two Vasilyevaea species as Devosia enhydra comb. nov. and Devosia mishustinii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3935-3941.
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Devosia epidermidihirudinis Galatis et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) E84=LMG 26909=CCM 8398.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC254735.
Etymology: -.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63 (2013), 3131-3134.
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Effective publication: GALATIS, H., MARTIN, K., KÄMPFER, P. and GLAESER, S. 2013. Devosia epidermidihirudinis sp. nov. isolated from the surface of a medical leech. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 103, 1165-1171.
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Devosia geojensis Ryu et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BD-c194 = DSM 19414 = KCTC 22082.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF575560.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. geojensis, pertaining to Geoje in Korea, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: RYU (S.H.), CHUNG (B.S.), LE (N.T.), JANG (H.H.), YUN (P.Y.), PARK (W.) and JEON (C.O.): Devosia geojensis sp. nov., isolated from diesel-contaminated soil in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 633-636.
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Devosia glacialis Zhang et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Cr4-44 = CGMCC 1.10691 = LMG 26051.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM474794.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. glacialis, icy, full of ice, referring to the frozen, icy environment from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.), LIU (H.C.), ZHOU (Y.G.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Devosia psychrophila sp. nov. and Devosia glacialis sp. nov., from alpine glacier cryoconite, and an emended description of the genus Devosia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 710-715.
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Devosia honganensis Zhang et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NSL10=ACCC 19737=KCTC 42281.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP339871.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 1603-1606.
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Effective publication: Zhang, L., Song, M., Chen, X.-L., Xu, R.-J., Chen, K., Li, S.-P., Xia, Z.-Y. and Jiang, J.-D. 2015. Devosia honganensis sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a chemical factory. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 108, 1301-1307.
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Devosia humi Du et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) THG-MM1=KACC 18281=CCTCC AB 2015121.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM598259.
Etymology: L. gen. n. humi, of earth, soil.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: DU, J., KOOK, M., AKTER, S., SINGH, H., WON, K., NGO, H. T. and YI, T. H. 2016. Devosia humi sp. nov., isolated from soil of a Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) garden. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 341-346.
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Devosia insulae Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DS-56 = DSM 17955 = KCTC 12821.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF012357.
Etymology: L. gen. n. insulae, of an island, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (S.J.), PARK (S.) and OH (T.K.): Devosia insulae sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended description of the genus Devosia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1310-1314.
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Devosia limi Vanparys et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 17137 = LMG 22951.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ786801.
Etymology: L. gen. n. limi, of sludge.
Valid publication: VANPARYS (B.), HEYLEN (K.), LEBBE (L.) and DE VOS (P.): Devosia limi sp. nov., isolated from a nitrifying inoculum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1997-2000.
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Devosia mishustinii Park et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 17=VKM B-2499=CCM 7569.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ560749.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Basonym: ¤ Vasilyevaea mishustinii (Vasil'eva et al. 2009) Yee et al. 2010.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. mishustinii, of Mishustin, a famous Russian soil microbiologist.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y. T., KIM, S. and YOON, J. H. 2016. Devosia confluentis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater lake, and reclassification of two Vasilyevaea species as Devosia enhydra comb. nov. and Devosia mishustinii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3935-3941.
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Devosia neptuniae Rivas et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) J1 = CECT 5650 = LMG 21357.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF469072.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. neptuniae, of Neptunia, named because the organism was isolated from Neptunia natans (L.c.) Druce.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 92. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 935-937.
Effective publication: RIVAS (R.), WILLEMS (A.), SUBBA-RAO (N.S.), MATEOS (P.F.), DAZZO (F.B.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), MARTÍNEZ-MOLINA (E.), GILLIS (M.) and VELÁZQUEZ (E.): Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 26, 47-53.
Validation List no. 92 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Devosia nitrariae Xu et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 36-5-1=CGMCC 1.15704=NBRC 112416.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU358684.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. nitraria, referring to the host plant Nitraria sibirica.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 179. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68 (2018), 1-2.
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Effective publication: XU, L., ZHANG, Y., READ, N., LIU, S. and FRIMAN, V. P. 2017. Devosia nitraria sp. nov., a novel species isolated from the roots of Nitraria sibirica in China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 11, 1475-1483.
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Devosia pacifica Jia et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NH131=JCM 19305=KCTC 32437.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF111722.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, pertaining to Pacific Ocean from where the organism was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: JIA, Y.-Y., SUN, C., PAN, J., ZHANG, W.-Y., ZHANG, X.-Q., HUO, Y.-Y., ZHU, X.-F. and WU, M. 2014. Devosia pacifica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 2637-2641.
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Devosia psychrophila Zhang et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Cr7-05 = CGMCC 1.10210 = CIP 110130 = DSM 22950.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU441678.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psuchros, cold; Gr. adj. philos, liking, loving; N.L. fem. adj. psychrophila, cold-loving.
Valid publication: ZHANG (D.C.), REDZIC (M.), LIU (H.C.), ZHOU (Y.G.), SCHINNER (F.) and MARGESIN (R.): Devosia psychrophila sp. nov. and Devosia glacialis sp. nov., from alpine glacier cryoconite, and an emended description of the genus Devosia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 710-715.
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Devosia riboflavina (ex Foster 1944) Nakagawa et al. 1996, nom. rev., comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Foster strain 4R3337 = ATCC 9526= CCUG 1825 = CIP 59.10 = DSM 7230 = IFO (now NBRC) 13584 = JCM 21244 = LMG 2277 = NRRL B-784 = NRRL B-2463.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ549086.
Synonym: "Pseudomonas riboflavina" Foster 1944.
Etymology: N.L. n. riboflavinum, riboflavin; N.L. fem. adj. riboflavina, referring to the ability of the organism to oxidize riboflavin.
Valid publication: NAKAGAWA (Y.), SAKANE (T.) and YOKOTA (A.): Transfer of "Pseudomonas riboflavina" (Foster 1944), a gram-negative, motile rod with long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids, to Devosia riboflavina gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 16-22.
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Devosia soli Yoo et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GH2-10 = DSM 17780 = KACC 11509.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ303125.
Etymology: L. gen. n. soli, of soil.
Valid publication: YOO (S.H.), WEON (H.Y.), KIM (B.Y.), HONG (S.B.), KWON (S.W.), CHO (Y.H.), GO (S.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Devosia soli sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2689-2692.
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Devosia subaequoris Lee 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HST3-14 = JCM 14206 = KCTC 12772.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM293857.
Etymology: L. prep. sub, under; L. gen. n. aequoris, of the sea; N.L. gen. n. subaequoris, from under the sea, referring to the place where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LEE (S.D.): Devosia subaequoris sp. nov., isolated from beach sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2212-2215.
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Devosia submarina Romanenko et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KMM 9415=NRIC 0884=JCM 18935.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB712348 .
Etymology: L. prep. sub, under; L. adj. marina, of the sea; N.L. adj. submarina, from under the sea.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: ROMANENKO, L. A., TANAKA, N. and SVETASHEV, V. I. 2013. Devosia submarina sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea surface sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 3079-3085.
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Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Yak96B = KCTC 22147 = LMG 24299 = NBRC 103855.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB361068.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. yakushimensis, pertaining to Yakushima, from where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: BAUTISTA (V.V.), MONSALUD (R.G.) and YOKOTA (A.): Devosia yakushimensis sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 627-632.
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