Genus "Sporovibrio"

Name: "Sporovibrio" Starkey 1938

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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)

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".
- 🧍 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.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Sporovibrio desulfuricans" Starkey 1938	not validly published	preferred name

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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Genus "Sporovibrio"