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Name: Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990
Etymology: A.ci.do.vo.rax. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Acidovorax, acid-devouring (bacteria)
Gender: masculine (stem: Acidovorac-)
Type species: Acidovorax facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Willems et al. 1990
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Willems A, Falsen E, Pot B, Jantzen E, Hoste B, Vandamme P, Gillis M, Kersters K, De Ley J. Acidovorax, a new genus for Pseudomonas facilis, Pseudomonas delafieldii, E. Falsen (EF) group 13, EF group 16, and several clinical isolates, with the species Acidovorax facilis comb. nov., Acidovorax delafieldii comb. nov., and Acidovorax temperans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:384-398.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Paracidovorax Du et al. 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Paenacidovorax Du et al. 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 22
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23
Total number of child taxa: 25
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Acidovorax antarcticus Xu et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Acidovorax anthurii Gardan et al. 2000 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax avenae (Manns 1909) Willems et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax bellezanensis Sánchez-Castro et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax benzenivorans Bedics et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax caeni Heylen et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax carolinensis Singleton et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax cattleyae (Pavarino 1911) Schaad et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax citrulli (Schaad et al. 1978) Schaad et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax defluvii Schulze et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax delafieldii (Davis 1970) Willems et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Acidovorax ebreus" Byrne-Bailey et al. 2010 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Acidovorax facilis (Schatz and Bovell 1952) Willems et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax kalamii Pal et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax konjaci (Goto 1983) Willems et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax lacteus Chun et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax monticola Chaudhary and Kim 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax oryzae Schaad et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Acidovorax psychrofacilis" Vasil'eva et al. 1998 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Acidovorax radicis Li et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax sacchari Sawada et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax soli Choi et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax temperans Willems et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax valerianellae Gardan et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Acidovorax wautersii Vaneechoutte et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by:
Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450.
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Record number: 515020