Name: Micavibrio Lambina et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. mica, a little bit, a grain, a tiny thing; 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. Micavibrio, a tiny vibrio

Gender: masculine (stem: Micavibrion-)

Type species: Micavibrio admirandus Lambina et al. 1989

Effective publication: Lambina VA, Afinogenova AV, Romai Penabad S, Konovalova SM, Pushkareva AP. [Micavibrio admirandus gen. et sp. nov]. Mikrobiologiia 1982; 51:114-117.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Hahn et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the order Bdellovibrionales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Hahn MW, Schmidt J, Koll U, Rohde M, Verbarg S, Pitt A, Nakai R, Naganuma T, Lang E. Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2555-2568.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Miaavibrio"; "Micavibpio".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MCVB" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Micavibrio admirandus Lambina et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Micavibrio aeruginosavorus" Lambina et al. 1983	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Pseudobdellovibrionaceae Waite et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

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