Name: Ferruginivarius Wang et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ru.gi.ni.va’ri.us. L. fem. n. ferrugo (gen. ferruginis), colour of iron rust; L. masc. adj. varius, diverse, varied; N.L. masc. n. Ferruginivarius, the varying iron-rust-coloured one

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Ferruginivari-), fer-ru-gi-ni-WA-ri-us

Type species: Ferruginivarius sediminum Wang et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang S, Ye ZH, Wang NN, Mu DS, Du ZJ. Ferruginivarius sediminum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3048-3053. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hu et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Rhodovibrionaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hu S, Lu K, Wang C, Li M, Huang J, Wang G. Carbonatibacter coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbonate-producing and vitamin B(12)-sharing bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, reclassification of Kiloniellaceae and proposal of Aestuariispiraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6928. 🇨🇳
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 1; KCTC: 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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ferruginivarius sediminum Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wang S, Ye ZH, Wang NN, Mu DS, Du ZJ. Ferruginivarius sediminum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3048-3053. 🇨🇳

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