Name: Bacteriovorax litoralis Baer et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, pertaining to the coast

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-684; DSM 15409; JS5

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF084859 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baer ML, Ravel J, Pineiro SA, Guether-Borg D, Williams HN. Reclassification of salt-water Bdellovibrio sp. as Bacteriovorax marinus sp. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1011-1016.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halobacteriovorax litoralis (Baer et al. 2004) Koval et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halobacteriovorax litoralis (Baer et al. 2004) Koval et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Bacteriovorax litoralis 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 Bacteriovorax.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacteriovorax Baer et al. 2000

Assigned by: Baer ML, Ravel J, Pineiro SA, Guether-Borg D, Williams HN. Reclassification of salt-water Bdellovibrio sp. as Bacteriovorax marinus sp. nov. and Bacteriovorax litoralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1011-1016.

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Record number: 773914