Name: Geovibrionaceae Spring et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Ge.o.vib.ri.o.na.ce’ae. N.L. masc. n. Geovibrio, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Geovibrionaceae, the Geovibrio family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000

Effective publication: Spring S, Rohde M, Bunk B, Sproer C, Will SE, Neumann-Schaal M. New insights into the energy metabolism and taxonomy of Deferribacteres revealed by the characterization of a new isolate from a hypersaline microbial mat. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2543-2575.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 207. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5517.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚃 The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Deferribacteraceae Huber and Stetter 2002. Publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Family I. Deferribacteraceae fam. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 465-471.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; ATCC: 3; JCM: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Denitrovibrio Myhr and Torsvik 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geovibrio Caccavo et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Limisalsivibrio Spring et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Seleniivibrio Rauschenbach et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Deferribacterales Huber and Stetter 2002

Assigned by: Spring S, Rohde M, Bunk B, Sproer C, Will SE, Neumann-Schaal M. New insights into the energy metabolism and taxonomy of Deferribacteres revealed by the characterization of a new isolate from a hypersaline microbial mat. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2543-2575.

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Record number: 30201