Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998 are subjective synonyms | Zendy

Ilse Cleenwerck | Zendy; Marjan De Wachter | Zendy; Bart Hoste | Zendy; Daniëlle Janssens | Zendy; Jean Swings | Zendy

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Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998 are subjective synonyms

Author(s) -

Ilse Cleenwerck,

Marjan De Wachter,

Bart Hoste,

Daniëlle Janssens,

Jean Swings

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925

H-Index - 173

eISSN - 1466-5034

pISSN - 1466-5026

DOI - 10.1099/ijs.0.02675-0

Subject(s) - dispar , biology , genus , taxon , botany , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , entamoeba histolytica

The 16S rDNA sequences of [Aquaspirillum] dispar LMG 4329(T) and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans SGLY2(T) (=LMG 18919(T)) were found to be very similar (>99 %). DNA-DNA hybridizations between the two strains revealed a high level of DNA-DNA binding (84 %), showing that they represent a single species. M. aerodenitrificans and [A.] dispar were also phenotypically very similar. It is concluded that [A.] dispar and M. aerodenitrificans are subjective synonyms. As [A.] dispar was wrongly assigned to the genus Aquaspirillum, we propose that strains of [A.] dispar must be reclassified in the genus MICROVIRGULA: The name Microvirgula aerodenitrificans must be retained for the unified taxon since it is the type of the genus MICROVIRGULA:

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