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Genus "Sporovibrio"
Name: "Sporovibrio" Starkey 1938
Etymology: Spo.ro.vi’bri.o. N.L. masc. n. vibrio, a vibrio; N.L. masc. n. Sporovibrio
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Sporovibrion-), spo-ro-WI-bri-o
Type species: "Sporovibrio desulfuricans" Starkey 1938
Original publication:
Starkey RL. A study of spore formation and other morphological characteristics of Vibrio desulfuricans. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1938; 9:268-304. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 🧕 Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the family "Sporovibrionaceae". Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sporovibria".
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🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SOVB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.
Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Sporovibrio desulfuricans" Starkey 1938 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Starkey RL. A study of spore formation and other morphological characteristics of Vibrio desulfuricans. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1938; 9:268-304.
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Record number: 13872
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