Name: Peredibacter starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bdellovibrio starrii Seidler et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: star’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. starrii, of Starr, named after the American microbiologist Mortimer P. Starr

Pronunciation, gender: STAR-ri-i, masculine

Type strain: A3.12; ATCC 15145; DSM 17039; NCCB 72004

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16S rRNA gene: AF084852 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Davidov Y, Jurkevitch E. Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1439-1452. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bdellovibrio starrii Seidler et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacteriovorax starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Peredibacter Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004. Publication: Davidov Y, Jurkevitch E. Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1439-1452. 🇮🇱
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004, the basonym is erroneously cited as Bacteriovorax starrii (Seidler et al. 1972) Baer et al. 2000. Publication: Baer ML, Ravel J, Chun J, Hill RT, Williams HN. A proposal for the reclassification of Bdellovibrio stolpii and Bdellovibrio starrii into a new genus, Bacteriovorax gen. nov. as Bacteriovorax stolpii comb. nov. and Bacteriovorax starrii comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:219-224. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Peredibacter Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004

Assigned by: Davidov Y, Jurkevitch E. Diversity and evolution of Bdellovibrio-and-like organisms (BALOs), reclassification of Bacteriovorax starrii as Peredibacter starrii gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of the Bacteriovorax-Peredibacter clade as Bacteriovoracaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1439-1452. 🇮🇱

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