Reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus gen. nov., comb. nov and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov.; description of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov in the class Deltaproteobacteria

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作者
Koval, Susan F. [1 ]
Williams, Henry N. [2 ]
Stine, O. Colin [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
[2] Florida A&M Univ, Sch Environm, Tallahassee, FL 32307 USA
[3] Univ Maryland, Dept Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
关键词
BDELLOVIBRIOS; DIVERSITY; STOLPII; STARRII;
D O I
10.1099/ijs.0.070201-0
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The taxonomic status of saltwater Bdellovibrio-like prokaryotic predators has been revised to assign species to Halobacteriovorax gen. nov. A reclassification of Bacteriovorax marinus as Halobacteriovorax marinus comb. nov. (type strain ATCC BAA-682(T)=DSM 15412(T)) and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov. (type strain ATCC BAA-684(T)=DSM 15409(T)) is proposed. This revision is necessary because a previous proposal to retain saltwater isolates as species of Bacteriovorax and reclassify Bacteriovorax stolpii as Bacteriolyticum stolpii was not approved. The type species of a genus cannot be reassigned to another genus. Bacteriovorax stolpii is thus retained as the type species of Bacteriovorax and Halobacteriovorax marinus is the type species of Halobacteriovorax and of Halobacteriovoraceae fam. nov.
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