Name: Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Bac.te.ri.o.vo.ra.ca’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Bacteriovorax, the genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, predators of Gram-negative bacteria, the type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, denoting a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Bacteriovoracaceae, the Bacteriovorax family, the feminine gender was chosen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bak-te-ri-o-wo-ra-KA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000

Valid publication: Davidov Y, 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. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Koval et al. 2015 Koval SF, Williams HN, Stine OC. Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:593-597. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

• Notes:
  • 🧒 Davidov and Jurkevitch (2004) assigned the genus Peredibacter Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004 to this family. Publication: Davidov Y, 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. 🇮🇱
  • 🧒 Waite et al. (2020) assigned the genus Halobacteriovorax Koval et al. 2015 to this family. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Bdellovibrionaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1040-1041. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; ATCC: 5; KCTC: 1; NCCB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Koll U, Rohde M, Verbarg S, Pitt A, Nakai R, Naganuma T, Lang E. Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2555-2568. 🇦🇹

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