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

Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2003 Sep;53(Pt 5):1457-1459. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02675-0.

Abstract

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:

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neisseriaceae / classification*
  • Neisseriaceae / genetics
  • Neisseriaceae / metabolism
  • Phenotype
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Terminology as Topic

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Fatty Acids
  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AJ487013