Name: Carbophilus carboxidus (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: car.bo’xi.dus. N.L. masc. adj. carboxidus, intended to mean connected with carbon oxides

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51424; CIP 105722; DSM 1086; Z-1171

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16S rRNA gene: JN175336 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Meyer O, Stackebrandt E, Auling G. Reclassification of ubiquinone Q-10 containing carbooxidotrophic bacteria: transfer of "[Pseudomonas] carboxydovorans" OM5 to Oligotropha, gen. nov., as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, comb. nov., transfer of "[Alcaligenes] carboxydus" DSM 1086 to Carbophilus, gen. nov., as Carbophilus carboxidus, comb. nov., transfer of "[Pseudomonas] compransoris" DSM 1231 to Zavarzinia, gen. nov., as Zavarzinia compransoris, comb. nov., amended description of the new genera. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:390-395.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 48. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:182-183.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aminobacter lissarensis McDonald et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Carbophilus Meyer et al. 1994. Publication: Meyer O, Stackebrandt E, Auling G. Reclassification of ubiquinone Q-10 containing carbooxidotrophic bacteria: transfer of "[Pseudomonas] carboxydovorans" OM5 to Oligotropha, gen. nov., as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, comb. nov., transfer of "[Alcaligenes] carboxydus" DSM 1086 to Carbophilus, gen. nov., as Carbophilus carboxidus, comb. nov., transfer of "[Pseudomonas] compransoris" DSM 1231 to Zavarzinia, gen. nov., as Zavarzinia compransoris, comb. nov., amended description of the new genera. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:390-395.
  • ⏰ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Aminobacter lissarensis McDonald et al. 2005. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Sao Jose JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales (Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
  • ❗ Carbophilus carboxidus 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 Carbophilus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Alcaligenes carboxydus". Publication: Kraut M, Hugendieck I, Herwig S, Meyer O. Homology and distribution of CO dehydrogenase structural genes in carboxydotrophic bacteria. Arch Microbiol 1989; 152:335-341.
  • 🧍 Yarza et al. (2013) expected for accession JN175336, originating from the alleged type-strain deposit CIP 105722, an affiliation with Rhizobiaceae (Alphaproteobacteria) but observed an affiliation with Phyllobacteriaceae (Alphaproteobacteria) and 99.9% similarity against Aminobacter lissarensis. Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 48, Carbophilus carboxidus is erroneously proposed as a new combination [basonym: "Alcaligenes carboxydus" (Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Cypionka et al. 1980]. Publication: Kraut M, Hugendieck I, Herwig S, Meyer O. Homology and distribution of CO dehydrogenase structural genes in carboxydotrophic bacteria. Arch Microbiol 1989; 152:335-341.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 48, Carbophilus carboxidus is erroneously proposed as a new combination, basonym: "Alcaligenes carboxydus" (Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Cypionka et al. 1980. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Carbophilus Meyer et al. 1994

Assigned by: Meyer O, Stackebrandt E, Auling G. Reclassification of ubiquinone Q-10 containing carbooxidotrophic bacteria: transfer of "[Pseudomonas] carboxydovorans" OM5 to Oligotropha, gen. nov., as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, comb. nov., transfer of "[Alcaligenes] carboxydus" DSM 1086 to Carbophilus, gen. nov., as Carbophilus carboxidus, comb. nov., transfer of "[Pseudomonas] compransoris" DSM 1231 to Zavarzinia, gen. nov., as Zavarzinia compransoris, comb. nov., amended description of the new genera. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:390-395.

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