Genus Ferrovibrio

Name: Ferrovibrio Sorokina et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ro.vi’bri.o. L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Ferrovibrio, an iron(-oxidizing) organism of vibrioid shape

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Ferrovibrion-), fer-ro-WI-bri-o

Type species: Ferrovibrio denitrificans Sorokina et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokina AY, Chernousova EY, Dubinina GA. Ferrovibrio denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel neutrophilic facultative anaerobic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterium. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 335:19-25. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Ferrovibrionaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Ferrovibrionales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Ferrovibrionaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Ferrovibrionales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Dahal and Kim (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Dahal RH, Kim J. Ferrovibrio soli sp. nov., a novel cellulolytic bacterium isolated from stream bank soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:427-431. 🇰🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ferrivibrio".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 3; KCTC: 2; KEMB: 1; KCCM: 1; ACCC: 1; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FRVB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 The type species is not cited in the species description (protologue). However, according to Rule 20c the type strain must be Ferrovibrio denitrificans Sorokina et al. 2013. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ferrovibrio denitrificans Sorokina et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferrovibrio plantarum Kang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferrovibrio soli Dahal and Kim 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferrovibrio terrae Ryu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ferrovibrio xuzhouensis Song et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sneathiellaceae Kurahashi et al. 2008

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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