Genus Rivicola

Name: Rivicola Sheu et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ri.vi’co.la. L. masc. n. rivus, creek or small river; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc. n. Rivicola, river dweller

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Rivicol-), ri-WI-ko-la

Type species: Rivicola pingtungensis Sheu et al. 2014

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Chen JC, Young CC, Chen WM. Rivicola pingtungensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Neisseriaceae isolated from a freshwater river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2009-2016. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rivihabitans Deshmukh and Oren 2023

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

Parent taxon: Aquaspirillaceae Chen et al. 2022

Assigned by: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 518564
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