Name: Vasilyevaea enhydra (Staley 1968) Yee et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Prosthecomicrobium enhydrum Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: en.hy’dra. N.L. fem. adj. enhydra, living in water, aquatic [probably better: enydra]; from Gr. neut. adj. enydron, living in or by water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-HY-dra, feminine

Type strain: 9b; ATCC 23634; DSM 8908; JCM 21106; NBRC 102409; VKM B-1376

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681765 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yee B, Oertli GE, Fuerst JA, Staley JT. Reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium to form two novel genera, Vasilyevaea gen. nov. and Bauldia gen. nov. with four new combinations: Vasilyevaea enhydra comb. nov., Vasilyevaea mishustinii comb. nov., Bauldia consociata comb. nov. and Bauldia litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2960-2966. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Devosia enhydra (Staley 1968) Park et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Devosia enhydra (Staley 1968) Park et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Prosthecomicrobium enhydrum Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vasilyevaea Yee et al. 2010. Publication: Yee B, Oertli GE, Fuerst JA, Staley JT. Reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium to form two novel genera, Vasilyevaea gen. nov. and Bauldia gen. nov. with four new combinations: Vasilyevaea enhydra comb. nov., Vasilyevaea mishustinii comb. nov., Bauldia consociata comb. nov. and Bauldia litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2960-2966. 🇺🇸
  • ❗ Vasilyevaea enhydra 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 Vasilyevaea.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Vasilyevaea Yee et al. 2010

Assigned by: Yee B, Oertli GE, Fuerst JA, Staley JT. Reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium to form two novel genera, Vasilyevaea gen. nov. and Bauldia gen. nov. with four new combinations: Vasilyevaea enhydra comb. nov., Vasilyevaea mishustinii comb. nov., Bauldia consociata comb. nov. and Bauldia litoralis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2960-2966. 🇺🇸

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