Name: Megalodesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Me.ga.lo.de.sul.fo.vi’bri.o. Gr. masc. adj. megas, big; N.L. masc. n. Desulfovibrio, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Megalodesulfovibrio, a large Desulfovibrio-like bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Megalodesulfovibrion-), me-ga-lo-de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o

Type species: Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Legall J. A NEW SPECIES OF DESULFOVIBRIO. J Bacteriol 1963; 86:1120.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03301 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1; NCIMB: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Maridesulfovibrio 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Megalodesulfovibrio paquesii (van Houten et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: 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. 🇳🇿

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