Genus Variovorax
Name: Variovorax Willems et al. 1991
Etymology: Va.ri.o.vo.rax. L. masc. adj. varius, diverse, various; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Variovorax, (bacteria) devouring a variety (of substrates)
Gender: masculine (stem: Variovorac-)
Type species: Variovorax paradoxus (Davis 1969) Willems et al. 1991
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis) 1969. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:581.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Davis DH, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Mandel M. Proposal to reject the genus Hydrogenomonas: taxonomic implications. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1969; 19:375-390.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Varivorax".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Nguyen et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06415 (N = 3).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; NBRC: 7; KCTC: 4; CIP: 3; LMG: 3; JCM: 3; VKM: 1; CECT: 1; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Davis DH, Doudoroff M, Stanier RY, Mandel M. Proposal to reject the genus Hydrogenomonas: taxonomic implications. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1969; 19:375-390.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 15
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Variovorax beijingensis" Gao et al. 2020 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Variovorax boronicumulans Miwa et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax defluvii Jin et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax durovernensis Alcolea-Medina et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax ginsengisoli Im et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax gossypii Kämpfer et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax guangxiensis Gao et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax humicola Nguyen and Kim 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax paradoxus (Davis 1969) Willems et al. 1991 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax rhizosphaerae Nguyen et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax robiniae Nguyen et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Variovorax soli Kim et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Variovorax terrae" Woo and Kim 2022 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Variovorax ureilyticus Nguyen et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by:
Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450.
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