Name: Isoalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Iso.al.ca.ni.vo’rax. Gr. masc. adj. isos, equal; N.L. masc. n. Alcanivorax, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Isoalcanivorax, like the genus Alcanivorax

Gender: masculine (stem: Isoalcanivorac-)

Type species: Isoalcanivorax pacificus (Lai et al. 2011) Rai et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Rai A, Suresh G, Ria B, L V, Pk S, Ipsita S, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of the genus Alcanivorax: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Alcanivorax and two novel genera Alloalcanivorax gen. nov. and Isoalcanivorax gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5672.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alloalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998. Publication: Lai Q, Wang L, Liu Y, Fu Y, Zhong H, Wang B, Chen L, Wang J, Sun F, Shao Z. Alcanivorax pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea pyrene-degrading consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1370-1374.
  • ❗ Isoalcanivorax is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; KCTC: 1; LMG: 1; MCCC: 1; CCTCC: 1; JCM: 1; GDMCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Alloalcanivorax from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Isoalcanivorax beigongshangi" Zhang et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Isoalcanivorax indicus (Song et al. 2018) Rai et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Isoalcanivorax pacificus (Lai et al. 2011) Rai et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Rai A, Suresh G, Ria B, L V, Pk S, Ipsita S, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of the genus Alcanivorax: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Alcanivorax and two novel genera Alloalcanivorax gen. nov. and Isoalcanivorax gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5672.

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