Genus Alcanivorax

Name: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ca.ni’vo.rax. N.L. neut. n. alcanum, alkane, aliphatic hydrocarbon; L. adj. vorax, devouring, ravenous, voracious; N.L. masc. n. Alcanivorax, alkane-devouring

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Alcanivorac-), al-ka-NI-wo-rax

Type species: Alcanivorax borkumensis Yakimov et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN, Lang S, Moore ER, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN. Alcanivorax borkumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, hydrocarbon-degrading and surfactant-producing marine bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:339-348. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Isoalcanivorax Rai et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Fundibacter Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003 Fernandez-Martinez J, Pujalte MJ, Garcia-Martinez J, Mata M, Garay E, Rodriguez-Valeral F. Description of Alcanivorax venustensis sp. nov. and reclassification of Fundibacter jadensis DSM 1 21 78T (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) as Alcanivorax jadensis comb. nov., members of the emended genus Alcanivorax. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:331-338. 🇪🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Rai et al. 2023 Rai A, Suresh G, Ria B, L V, Pk S, Ipsita S, Sasikala C, Venkata Ramana C. Phylogenomic analysis of the genus Alcanivorax: proposal for division of this genus into the emended genus Alcanivorax and two novel genera Alloalcanivorax gen. nov. and Isoalcanivorax gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5672. 🇮🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5835.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 10 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005. Publication: Golyshin PN, Harayama S, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Family II. Alcanivoraceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 295. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Alcanivoraceae Golyshin et al. 2005. Publication: Golyshin PN, Harayama S, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Family II. Alcanivoraceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 295. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Akanivorax"; "Akaniworax".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Rai et al. (2023), Lai et al. (2023). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 9; KCTC: 8; DSM: 5; LMG: 4; CGMCC: 4; JCM: 3; CECT: 3; ATCC: 2; CCTCC: 2; B: 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". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 18
Total number of child taxa: 19

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alcanivorax balearicus Rivas et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax borkumensis Yakimov et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax dieselolei Liu and Shao 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus Kwon et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax hongdengensis Wu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax indicus Song et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax jadensis (Bruns and Berthe-Corti 1999) Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alcanivorax limicola" Zhu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Alcanivorax marinus Lai et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax mobilis Yang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax nanhaiticus Lai et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax pacificus Lai et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax profundi Liu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax profundimaris Dong et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax quisquiliarum An et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax sediminis Liao et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax venustensis Fernández-Martínez et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax xenomutans Rahul et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcanivorax xiamenensis Lai et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸

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