Genus Peredibacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Peredibacter Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Peredibacteraceae Piñeiro et al. 2008).
Type species: ¤ Peredibacter starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004.
Etymology: L. v. peredere, to eat up, to devour; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Peredibacter, bacterium-devourer.
Valid publication: DAVIDOV (Y.) and JURKEVITCH (E.): Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1439-1452.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Peredibacter starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
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.
Basonym: ¤ Bdellovibrio starrii Seidler et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: ¤ Bacteriovorax starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. starrii, of Starr, named after M.P. Starr, an investigator of the bdellovibrios.
Valid publication: DAVIDOV (Y.) and JURKEVITCH (E.): Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1439-1452.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004, the basonym is erroneously cited as Bacteriovorax starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000.