Name: Halovibrio variabilis Fendrich 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.ri.a’bi.lis. L. masc. adj. variabilis, changeable, variable, referring to variation of the cell diameter with changing salt concentrations

Pronunciation, gender: wa-ri-A-bi-lis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 3050; Frendich II; II

Effective publication: Fendrich C. Halovibrio variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., Pseudomonas halophila sp. nov. and a new halophilic aerobic coccoid Eubacterium from Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:3643.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 29. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halomonas variabilis (Fendrich 1989) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halovibrio Fendrich 1989. Publication: Fendrich C. Halovibrio variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., Pseudomonas halophila sp. nov. and a new halophilic aerobic coccoid Eubacterium from Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:3643.
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CECT 5286; DSM 3051.
  • 😷 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. — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The type strain is DSM 3050, not DSM 3051 as published on Validation List no. 29 and in the effective publication (Opinion 93., Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, IJSEM 64:3588-3589). Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 93. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3588-3589.

Parent taxon: Halovibrio Fendrich 1989

Assigned by: Fendrich C. Halovibrio variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., Pseudomonas halophila sp. nov. and a new halophilic aerobic coccoid Eubacterium from Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:3643.

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