Name: Halobacteriovorax Koval et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.bac.te.ri.o’vo.rax. Gr. masc. n. hals, haloes salt; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Halobacteriovorax, devourer of bacteria in saltwater environments

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Halobacteriovorac-), ha-lo-bak-te-ri-O-wo-rax

Type species: Halobacteriovorax marinus (Baer et al. 2004) Koval et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Koval SF, Williams HN, Stine OC. Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:593-597.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Halobacteriovoraceae Koval et al. 2015. Publication: Koval SF, Williams HN, Stine OC. Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:593-597.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Halobacteriovoracaceae corrig. Koval et al. 2015. Publication: Koval SF, Williams HN, Stine OC. Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:593-597.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Bacteriovoracales Hahn et al. 2017. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000. Publication: Baer ML, Ravel J, Pineiro SA, Guether-Borg D, Williams HN. Reclassification of salt-water Bdellovibrio sp. as Bacteriovorax marinus sp. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1011-1016.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halobacteriovorax litoralis (Baer et al. 2004) Koval et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halobacteriovorax marinus (Baer et al. 2004) Koval et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halobacteriovorax vibrionivorans Ye et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Halobacteriovoracaceae corrig. Koval et al. 2015

Assigned by: Koval SF, Williams HN, Stine OC. Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:593-597.

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