Name: Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Devosia, honoring Paul De Vos, a Belgian microbiologist, for his basic contribution to the taxonomy of pseudomonads

Type species: Devosia riboflavina (ex Foster 1944) Nakagawa et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Nakagawa Y, Sakane T, Yokota A. Transfer of "Pseudomonas riboflavina" (Foster 1944), a gram-negative, motile rod with long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids, to Devosia riboflavina gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:16-22.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vasilyevaea Yee et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Rivas et al. 2003 Rivas R, Willems A, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, Dazzo FB, Kroppenstedt RM, Martinez-Molina E, Gillis M, Velazquez E. Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:47-53. Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Yoo et al. 2006 Yoo SH, Weon HY, Kim BY, Hong SB, Kwon SW, Cho YH, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Devosia soli sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2689-2692.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Yoon et al. 2007 Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Oh TK. Devosia insulae sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended description of the genus Devosia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1310-1314.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Zhang et al. 2012 Zhang DC, Redzic M, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Devosia psychrophila sp. nov. and Devosia glacialis sp. nov., from alpine glacier cryoconite, and an emended description of the genus Devosia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:710-715.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 25
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25
Total number of child taxa: 29

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Devosia albogilva Verma et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Devosia chinhatensis Kumar et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Devosia confluentis Park et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Devosia crocina Verma et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Devosia elaeis Mohd Nor et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Devosia enhydra (Staley 1968) Park et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Devosia epidermidihirudinis Galatis et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    "Candidatus Devosia euplotis" Vannini et al. 2004	not validly published
    Devosia geojensis Ryu et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Devosia glacialis Zhang et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Devosia honganensis Zhang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Devosia humi Du et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Devosia indica Lin et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Devosia insulae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Devosia limi Vanparys et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    "Devosia lucknowensis" Dua et al. 2013	not validly published
    Devosia mishustinii (Vasil'eva et al. 2009) Park et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Devosia naphthalenivorans Chen et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Devosia neptuniae Rivas et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Devosia nitraria (sic) Xu et al. 2018	misspelling	synonym
    Devosia nitrariae corrig. Xu et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Devosia pacifica Jia et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Devosia psychrophila Zhang et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Devosia riboflavina (ex Foster 1944) Nakagawa et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Devosia soli Yoo et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Devosia subaequoris Lee 2007	validly published	correct name
    Devosia submarina Romanenko et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    "Candidatus Devosia symbiotica" Boscaro et al. 2018	not validly published
    Devosia yakushimensis Bautista et al. 2010	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rivas R, Willems A, Subba-Rao NS, Mateos PF, Dazzo FB, Kroppenstedt RM, Martinez-Molina E, Gillis M, Velazquez E. Description of Devosia neptuniae sp. nov. that nodulates and fixes nitrogen in symbiosis with Neptunia natans, an aquatic legume from India. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:47-53.

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