Name: Varunaivibrio Patwardhan and Vetriani 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Va.ru.na.i.vi’bri.o. Sanskrit masc. n. Varuna, the God of water and the celestial ocean surrounding the world in Hindu mythology; L. inf. v. vibrare, to vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that vibrates and also a genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Varunaivibrio, a curved rod that inhabits the ocean

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Varunaivibrion-), wa-ru-na-i-WI-bri-o

Type species: Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans Patwardhan and Vetriani 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patwardhan S, Vetriani C. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3579-3584.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Koziaeva et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Magnetovibrionaceae Koziaeva et al. 2023. Publication: Koziaeva VV, Sorokin DY, Kolganova TV, Grouzdev DS. Magnetospirillum sulfuroxidans sp. nov., capable of sulfur-dependent lithoautotrophy and a taxonomic reevaluation of the order Rhodospirillales. Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126406.
  • 🧕 Patwardhan and Vetriani (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Patwardhan S, Vetriani C. Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3579-3584.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans Patwardhan and Vetriani 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thalassospiraceae Hördt et al. 2020

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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