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Name: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998
Etymology: Al.ca.ni.vo.rax. N.L. neut. n. alcanum, alkane, aliphatic hydrocarbon; L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Alcanivorax, alkane-devouring
Gender: masculine (stem: Alcanivorac-)
Type species: Alcanivorax borkumensis Yakimov et al. 1998
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN, Lang S, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN. Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, hydrocarbon-degrading and surfactant-producing marine bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:339-348.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Isoalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Alloalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 19
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Alcanivorax balearicus Rivas et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax borkumensis Yakimov et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax dieselolei Liu and Shao 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus Kwon et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax hongdengensis Wu et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax indicus Song et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax jadensis (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Alcanivorax limicola" Zhu et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name |
Alcanivorax marinus Lai et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax mobilis Yang et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax nanhaiticus Lai et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax pacificus Lai et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax profundi Liu et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax profundimaris Dong et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax quisquiliarum An et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax sediminis Liao et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax venustensis Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax xenomutans Rahul et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alcanivorax xiamenensis Lai et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
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Record number: 515069