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

BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

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I. Cleenwerck
Ilse.Cleenwerck{at}ugent.be

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.

The EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rDNA sequence of strain LMG 4329^T is AJ487013.

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