Name: Oligotropha Meyer et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.li.go’tro.pha. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little, few; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. fem. n. Oligotropha, utilizer of few substrates

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Oligotroph-), o-li-GO-tro-p^ha

Type species: Oligotropha carboxidovorans (ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Meyer et al. 1994

Effective publication: Meyer O, Stackebrandt E, Auling G. Reclassification of ubiquinone Q-10 containing carbooxidotrophic bacteria: transfer of "[Pseudomonas] carboxydovorans" OM5 to Oligotropha, gen. nov., as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, comb. nov., transfer of "[Alcaligenes] carboxydus" DSM 1086 to Carbophilus, gen. nov., as Carbophilus carboxidus, comb. nov., transfer of "[Pseudomonas] compransoris" DSM 1231 to Zavarzinia, gen. nov., as Zavarzinia compransoris, comb. nov., amended description of the new genera. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:390-395.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 48. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:182-183.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Afipia Brenner et al. 1992

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Afipia Brenner et al. 1992	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Bradyrhizobiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VII. Bradyrhizobiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 438.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Afipia Brenner et al. 1992. 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Oligrotropha".
  • ❗ Oligotropha 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: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Oligotropha carboxidovorans (ex Meyer and Schlegel 1978) Meyer et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Nitrobacteraceae corrig. Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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