Genus Aequorivita

Name: Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ae.quo.ri.vi’ta. L. neut. n. aequor (gen. aequoris), the even surface of the sea in its quiet state; L. fem. n. vita, life; N.L. fem. n. Aequorivita, life (living being) at the sea surface

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Aequorivit-), a͡e-kwo-ri-WI-ta

Type species: Aequorivita antarctica Bowman and Nichols 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Nichols DS. Aequorivita gen. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from terrestrial and marine Antarctic habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1533-1541. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Park et al. 2009 Park SC, Baik KS, Kim MS, Kim SS, Kim SR, Oh MJ, Kim D, Bang BH, Seong CN. Aequorivita capsosiphonis sp. nov., isolated from the green alga Capsosiphon fulvescens, and emended description of the genus Aequorivita. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:724-728. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 5 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kim et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 19; DSM: 9; JCM: 8; MCCC: 7; ACAM: 4; NBRC: 3; CGMCC: 2; BCRC: 1; CECT: 1; CCTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 24
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 27
Total number of child taxa: 27

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Aequorivita aestuarii (Kim et al. 2010) Hahnke et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita antarctica Bowman and Nichols 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Aequorivita aurantiaca Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita capsosiphonis Park et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita ciconiae Han et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita crocea Bowman and Nichols 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita echinoideorum (Lin et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita flava Chen et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita iocasae Zhang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita lipolytica Bowman and Nichols 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita lutea Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita marina An et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita marisscotiae Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita nionensis (Rajasabapathy et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita sediminis An et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita sinensis Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita soesokkakensis (Park et al. 2014) Hahnke et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita sublithincola Bowman and Nichols 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Aequorivita viscosa Liu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita vitellina Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita vladivostokensis (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003) Hahnke et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Aequorivita xiaoshiensis Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Nichols DS. Aequorivita gen. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from terrestrial and marine Antarctic habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1533-1541. 🇦🇺

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Genus Aequorivita