Name: Formivibrio Tanaka et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: For.mi.vi’bri.o. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; 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. Formivibrio, the formic acid forming vibrio

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Formivibrion-), for-mi-WI-bri-o

Type species: Formivibrio citricus Tanaka et al. 1991

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tanaka K, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Fermentation of S-citramalate, citrate, mesaconate, and pyruvate by a gramnegative strictly anaerobic non-spore-former, Formivibrio citricus gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:491-495.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 39. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:580-581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Chitinibacteraceae Chen et al. 2022

Assigned by: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251. 🇨🇦

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