Genus Bacteriolyticum

Name: Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Bac.te.ri.o.ly’ti.cum. Gr. neut. n. baktêria, staff, cane and in biology, a bacterium; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. neut. n. Bacteriolyticum, a dissolver of bacteria

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Bacteriolytic-), bak-te-ri-o-LY-ti-kum

Type species: Bacteriolyticum stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Piñeiro et al. 2008

Valid publication: Pineiro SA, Williams HN, Stine OC. Phylogenetic relationships amongst the saltwater members of the genus Bacteriovorax using rpoB sequences and reclassification of Bacteriovorax stolpii as Bacteriolyticum stolpii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1203-1209. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000. Publication: Baer ML, Ravel J, Chun J, Hill RT, Williams HN. A proposal for the reclassification of Bdellovibrio stolpii and Bdellovibrio starrii into a new genus, Bacteriovorax gen. nov. as Bacteriovorax stolpii comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax starrii comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:219-224. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008 is illegitimate because the type species of Bacteriovorax,Bacteriovorax stolpii, cannot be designated as the type species of another genus [Bacteriological Code, Principle 1, Rule 15, Rule 37a and Rule 51b(1)]. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 Piñeiro et al. 2008 propose to transfer Bacteriovorax stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000, the type species of the genus Bacteriovorax, to the new genus Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008 as Bacteriolyticum stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Piñeiro et al. 2008, comb. nov. According to Principle 1, Rule 15, Rule 37a and Rule 51b (1), the genus name Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008 is illegitimate. Publication: Baer ML, Ravel J, Chun J, Hill RT, Williams HN. A proposal for the reclassification of Bdellovibrio stolpii and Bdellovibrio starrii into a new genus, Bacteriovorax gen. nov. as Bacteriovorax stolpii comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax starrii comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:219-224. 🇺🇸

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Bacteriolyticum stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Piñeiro et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004

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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