Name: Marivibrio Chen et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.vi’bri.o. L. neut. n. mare, the sea or ocean; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, a vibrio; N.L. masc. n. Marivibrio, the sea derived vibrio, which references the sea ocean derived and vibrioid morphology of this bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Marivibrion-), ma-ri-WI-bri-o

Type species: Marivibrio halodurans Chen et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen S, Xu Y, Zheng C, Ke LX. Marivibrio halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from underground rock salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4266-4271.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chen et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Chen S, Xu Y, Zheng C, Ke LX. Marivibrio halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from underground rock salt. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4266-4271.
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Kiloniellaceae Wiese et al. 2009. Publication: 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.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; NBRC: 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
    Marivibrio halodurans Chen et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aestuariispiraceae Hu et al. 2025

Assigned by: 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.

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