Name: Venatoribacter corrig. Saeedi et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ve.na.to.ri.bac’ter. L. masc. n. venator, a hunter; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Venatoribacter, a hunting rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Venatoribacter-), we-na-to-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: Venatoribacter cucullus corrig. Saeedi et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Saeedi A, Cummings NJ, McLean D, Connerton IF, Connerton PL. Venatorbacter cucullus gen. nov sp. nov a novel bacterial predator. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21393. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Venatorbacter Saeedi et al. 2023	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family "Oceanobacteraceae" Flores-Félix et al. 2025. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Venatorbacter Saeedi et al. 2023. Publication: Saeedi A, Cummings NJ, McLean D, Connerton IF, Connerton PL. Venatorbacter cucullus gen. nov sp. nov a novel bacterial predator. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21393. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCCB: 1; NCTC: 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
    Venatoribacter cucullus corrig. Saeedi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Saeedi A, Cummings NJ, McLean D, Connerton IF, Connerton PL. Venatorbacter cucullus gen. nov sp. nov a novel bacterial predator. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21393. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 36159