Name: Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 22DY15; CGMCC 1.12416; DSM 27767; JCM 19489; MCCC 1K00276

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC018457 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Xu L, Zhou P, Wang CS, Oren A, Xu XW. Brevirhabdus pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment in a hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3645-3651.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans Wang et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 2017 Liu Y, Lai Q, Xu XW, Wu YH, Cheng H, Zhang XH, Wang L, Shao Z. Reclassification of Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans Wang et al. 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015 and emendation of the species description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3095-3098. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brevirhabdus Wu et al. 2015. Publication: Wu YH, Xu L, Zhou P, Wang CS, Oren A, Xu XW. Brevirhabdus pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment in a hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3645-3651.
  • ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans Wang et al. 2016. Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Xu XW, Wu YH, Cheng H, Zhang XH, Wang L, Shao Z. Reclassification of Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans Wang et al. 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015 and emendation of the species description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3095-3098.
  • 😷 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: Brevirhabdus Wu et al. 2015

Assigned by: Wu YH, Xu L, Zhou P, Wang CS, Oren A, Xu XW. Brevirhabdus pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment in a hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3645-3651.

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