Name: Alloalcanivorax venustensis (Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003) Rai et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alcanivorax venustensis Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003

Etymology: ve.nust.en’sis. L. masc. adj. venustensis, from 'Portus Venustus', Elegant Port, one of the ancient Latin names of Santa Pola in Roman times, a coastal town south of Alicante, the nearest town to the sites from which the two strains of the species were retrieved. It might also refer to the elegant and slender aspects of the rods

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 5388; DSM 13974; ISO4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF328762 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rai A, Suresh G, Ria B, L V, Pk S, Ipsita S, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of the genus Alcanivorax: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Alcanivorax and two novel genera Alloalcanivorax gen. nov. and Isoalcanivorax gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5672.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alcanivorax venustensis Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcanivorax venustensis Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alloalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023. Publication: Rai A, Suresh G, Ria B, L V, Pk S, Ipsita S, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of the genus Alcanivorax: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Alcanivorax and two novel genera Alloalcanivorax gen. nov. and Isoalcanivorax gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5672.
  • ❗ Alloalcanivorax venustensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alloalcanivorax.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alloalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023

Assigned by: Rai A, Suresh G, Ria B, L V, Pk S, Ipsita S, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of the genus Alcanivorax: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Alcanivorax and two novel genera Alloalcanivorax gen. nov. and Isoalcanivorax gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5672.

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Record number: 36032