Name:Bdellovibrio Stolp and Starr 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category: Genus
Proposed as: gen. nov.
Etymology:Gr. fem. n.bdella, leech, sucker; L. v.vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n.vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n.Bdellovibrio, a leechlike vibrio
Effective publication:
Stolp H, Starr MP. BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS GEN. ET SP. N., A PREDATORY, ECTOPARASITIC, AND BACTERIOLYTIC MICROORGANISM. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1963; 29:217-248.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Bdellovibrionia Waite et al. 2020.Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Bdellovibrionaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1040-1041.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Bdellovibrionales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VII. Bdellovibrionales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1040.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021.Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Bdellovibrionaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1040-1041.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Bdellovibrionales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VII. Bdellovibrionales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1040.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Thiobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Deltabacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Bdellovibrionota Waite et al. 2021.Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Bdellovibrionia Waite et al. 2020.Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Bdellovibrionaceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bdellovibiro"; "Bdellovibpio"; "Bdellwibrio".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; ATCC: 6; NCIMB: 2; KCTC: 1; NCCB: 1.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BDVB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6 Total number of child taxa: 9