Name: Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro.de.ni.tri’fi.cans. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; N.L. inf. v. denitrificare, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. aerodenitrificans, denitrifying with or in air

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15089; JCM 21462; LMG 18919; SGLY2

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16S rRNA gene: U89333 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patureau D, Godon JJ, Dabert P, Bouchez T, Bernet N, Delgenes JP, Moletta R. Microvirgula aerodenitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-negative bacterium exhibiting co-respiration of oxygen and nitrogen oxides up to oxygen-saturated conditions. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:775-782.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Cleenwerck et al. 2003 Cleenwerck I, De Wachter M, Hoste B, Janssens D, Swings J. Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998 are subjective synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1457-1459. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Microvirgula Patureau et al. 1998. Publication: Patureau D, Godon JJ, Dabert P, Bouchez T, Bernet N, Delgenes JP, Moletta R. Microvirgula aerodenitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-negative bacterium exhibiting co-respiration of oxygen and nitrogen oxides up to oxygen-saturated conditions. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:775-782.
  • ⏰ According to Cleenwerck et al. (2003), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Cleenwerck I, De Wachter M, Hoste B, Janssens D, Swings J. Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998 are subjective synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1457-1459.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Some strains belong to group 1.". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Microvirgula Patureau et al. 1998

Assigned by: Patureau D, Godon JJ, Dabert P, Bouchez T, Bernet N, Delgenes JP, Moletta R. Microvirgula aerodenitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-negative bacterium exhibiting co-respiration of oxygen and nitrogen oxides up to oxygen-saturated conditions. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:775-782.

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