Aliivibrio Explained

Aliivibrio is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria).

Etymology

The name Aliivibrio derives from:Latin Latin: alius, other, another, different; Neo-Latin Vibrio, a bacterial genus name, to give Aliivibrio, the other Vibrio.

Species

The genus contains:

• A. finisterrensis (Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010, ; Neo-Latin finisterrensis, pertaining to Finisterra, literally the end of the world (at least for the Romans who named the place). Galicia was the western end of the ancient Roman world.)^[1]
• A. fischeri ((Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, (type species of the genus).; named after Bernhard Fischer, one of the earliest students of luminescent bacteria.)^[2]
• A. logei ((Harwood et al. 1980) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin logei, of Loge; from German Loge, Norse god of fire and mischief.)^[2]
• A. salmonicida ((Egidius et al. 1986) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Latin noun salmo -onis, salmon; cida (from Latin caedo, to cut or kill), murderer, killer; salmonicida, salmon killer.)^[2]
• A. sifiae (Yoshizawa et al. 2011, ; Neo-Latin sifiae, of Sif, the name of Norse goddess (Sif's hair was made of gold, and the name was chosen to reflect the yellow color of the luminescence).)^[3]
• A. wodanis ((Lunder et al. 2000) Urbanczyk et al. 2007, ; Neo-Latin wodanis, of Wodan, the Norse god of art, culture, war and the dead, because its closest relative, Vibrio logei (Aliivibrio logei), also a cold-water vibrio.)^[2]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. Beaz-Hidalgo . R. . Doce . A. . Balboa . S. . Barja . J. L. . Romalde . J. L. . Aliivibrio finisterrensis sp. Nov., isolated from Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum and emended description of the genus Aliivibrio . 10.1099/ijs.0.010710-0 . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 60 . Pt 1 . 223–228 . 2009 . 19648323. free .
2. Urbanczyk . H. . Ast . J. C. . Higgins . M. J. . Carson . J. . Dunlap . P. V. . Reclassification of Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio logei, Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio wodanis as Aliivibrio fischeri gen. nov., comb. nov., Aliivibrio logei comb. nov., Aliivibrio salmonicida comb. nov. and Aliivibrio wodanis comb. nov. . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 57 . 12 . 2823–2829 . 2007 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65081-0 . 18048732. free .
3. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 61 . 5 . 1011–1013 . 2011 . 10.1099/ijs.0.033498-0. 5817221 . Oren . A. . Garrity . G. M. . 28891789 .