Name: Pseudobdellovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.bdel.lo.vi’bri.o. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. masc. n. Bdellovibrio, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Pseudobdellovibrio, false Bdellovibrio

Gender: masculine (stem: Pseudobdellovibrion-)

Type species: Pseudobdellovibrio exovorus (Koval et al. 2013) Waite et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pseudobdellovibrionaceae Waite et al. 2022. Publication: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bdellovibrio Stolp and Starr 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Koval SF, Hynes SH, Flannagan RS, Pasternak Z, Davidov Y, Jurkevitch E. Bdellovibrio exovorus sp. nov., a novel predator of Caulobacter crescentus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:146-151.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudobdellovibrio exovorus (Koval et al. 2013) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	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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Record number: 17408