Abstract
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-682T5DSM 15412T) and Bacteriovorax litoralis as Halobacteriovorax litoralis comb. nov. (type strain ATCC BAA-684T5DSM 15409T) 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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 593-597 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Medicine(all)