Name: Deferrivibrio Zavarzina et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.fer.ri.vi’bri.o. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. inf. v. vibrare, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape, that vibrates; N.L. masc. n. Deferrivibrio, a vibrio that reduces iron

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Deferrivibrion-), de-fer-ri-WI-bri-o

Type species: Deferrivibrio essentukiensis Zavarzina et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Effective publication: Zavarzina DG, Prokofeva MI, Pikhtereva VA, Klyukina AA, Maslov AA, et al. Deferrivibrio essentukiensis sp. nov., gen. nov., a representative of Deferrivibrionaceae fam. nov., isolated from the subsurface aquifer of Caucasian mineral drinking waters. Microbiology 2022; 91:143-159.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Deferrivibrionaceae Zavarzina et al. 2023. Publication: Zavarzina DG, Prokofeva MI, Pikhtereva VA, Klyukina AA, Maslov AA, et al. Deferrivibrio essentukiensis sp. nov., gen. nov., a representative of Deferrivibrionaceae fam. nov., isolated from the subsurface aquifer of Caucasian mineral drinking waters. Microbiology 2022; 91:143-159.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; VKM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Deferrivibrio essentukiensis Zavarzina et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Deferrivibrio metallireducens" Galès et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Deferrivibrionaceae Zavarzina et al. 2023

Assigned by: Zavarzina DG, Prokofeva MI, Pikhtereva VA, Klyukina AA, Maslov AA, et al. Deferrivibrio essentukiensis sp. nov., gen. nov., a representative of Deferrivibrionaceae fam. nov., isolated from the subsurface aquifer of Caucasian mineral drinking waters. Microbiology 2022; 91:143-159.

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Record number: 38773