Zavarzinia

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Zavarzinia

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Zavarzinia Meyer et al. 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Zavarzinia compransoris (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Zavarzinia, named for Georgi Alexandrovich Zavarzin, the Russian microbiologist who with his co-workers made the first thorough investigation of mesophilic, Gram negative carboxidotrophic strains.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 48. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 182-183. [MEYER (O.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and AULING (G.): Reclassification of ubiquinone Q-10 containing carbooxidotrophic bacteria: transfer of "[Pseudomonas] carboxydovorans" OM5 to Oligotropha, gen. nov., as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, comb. nov., transfer of "[Alcaligenes] carboxydus" DSM 1086 to Carbophilus, gen. nov., as Carbophilus carboxidus, comb. nov., transfer of "[Pseudomonas] compransoris" DSM 1231 to Zavarzinia, gen. nov., as Zavarzinia compransoris, comb. nov., amended description of the new genera. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 390-395.]
Validation List N° 48 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Zavarzinia compransoris (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994, nom. rev., comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Z-1155 = ATCC 51430 = CCUG 15334 = DSM 1231 = LMG 5821 = LMG 8357.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: not found.
Synonyms: "Comamonas compransoris" Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974, "Pseudomonas compransoris" (Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Cypionka et al. 1980.
Etymology: L. n. compransor -oris, a companion in a banquet, a boon companion; L. gen. n. compransoris, of a dinner companion.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 48. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 182-183. [MEYER (O.), STACKEBRANDT (E.) and AULING (G.): Reclassification of ubiquinone Q-10 containing carbooxidotrophic bacteria: transfer of "[Pseudomonas] carboxydovorans" OM5 to Oligotropha, gen. nov., as Oligotropha carboxidovorans, comb. nov., transfer of "[Alcaligenes] carboxydus" DSM 1086 to Carbophilus, gen. nov., as Carbophilus carboxidus, comb. nov., transfer of "[Pseudomonas] compransoris" DSM 1231 to Zavarzinia, gen. nov., as Zavarzinia compransoris, comb. nov., amended description of the new genera. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1993, 16, 390-395.]
Validation List N° 48 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: In Validation List n° 48, Zavarzinia compransoris is erroneously proposed as a new combination (basonym: "Pseudomonas compransoris" (Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Cypionka et al. 1980).
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
Original article in IJSEM Online