Name: Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bac.te.ri.o.vo’rax. Gr. neut. n. baktron, small rod; L. adj. vorax, devourer; N.L. masc. n. Bacteriovorax, devourer of bacteria

Gender: masculine (stem: Bacteriovorac-)

Type species: Bacteriovorax stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Bacteriovoracia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004. Publication: Davidov Y, Jurkevitch E. Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1439-1452.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Bdellovibrionaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1040-1041.
  • 🧕 Hahn et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the order Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Bacteriovoracia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008. 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bdellovibrio Stolp and Starr 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Seideler RJ, Mandel M, Baptist JN. Molecular heterogeneity of the Bdellovibrios: evidence of two new species. J Bacteriol 1972; 109:209-217.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; ATCC: 4; NCCB: 1.
  • 🧍 The gender of the genus Bacteriovorax is not given by Baer et al. 2000, and the names of the specific epithets (Bacteriovorax stolpii comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax starrii comb. nov.) did not allow the correct gender to be determined. Bacteriovorax may be in the masculine, in the feminine or in the neuter gender. However, in 2004, Baer et al. propose the new species Bacteriovorax litoralis and Bacteriovorax marinus. The epithets litoralis and marinus are in the masculine gender. According to Rule 65(1) when the original author failed to indicate the gender, a subsequent author has the right of choice. Clearly, Baer et al. 2004 chose the masculine gender. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • 🧍 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 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, and Rule 37a, this proposal is prohibited and the genus name Bacteriolyticum Piñeiro et al. 2008 is not in accordance with the rules of the ICNP. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Bacteriovorax litoralis Baer et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Bacteriovorax marinus Baer et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Bacteriovorax starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Bacteriovorax stolpii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004

Assigned by: Davidov Y, Jurkevitch E. Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1439-1452.

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