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Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales 2017 67 8 2555 2568 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.001965 28771119 Waite D.W. Chuvochina M. Pelikan C. Parks D.H. Yilmaz P. Wagner M. Loy A. Naganuma T. Nakai R. Whitman W.B. Hahn M.W. Kuever J. Hugenholtz P. 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Description of Pseudobacteriovorax antillogorgiicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gorgonian octocoral Antillogorgia elisabethae, belonging to the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae fam. nov., within the order Bdellovibrionales 2015 65 2 522 530 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.066266-0 25389148 Euzéby J. Validation List No. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published 2006 56 1 1 6 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64188-0 16403855 Garrity G.M. Bell J.A. Lilburn T. Garrity G.M. Brenner D.J. Krieg N.R. Staley J.T. Order VII. Bdellovibrionales ord. nov. 2005 2, Part C 2 1040 Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Springer New York 0387241450 Hahn M.W. Schmidt J. Koll U. Rohde M. Verbarg S. Pitt A. Nakai R. Naganuma T. Lang E. Silvanigrella aquatica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake, description of Silvanigrellaceae fam. nov. and Silvanigrellales ord. nov., reclassification of the order Bdellovibrionales in the class Oligoflexia, reclassification of the families Bacteriovoracaceae and Halobacteriovoraceae in the new order Bacteriovoracales ord. nov., and reclassification of the family Pseudobacteriovoracaceae in the order Oligoflexales 2017 67 8 2555 2568 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.001965 28771119 Waite D.W. Chuvochina M. Pelikan C. Parks D.H. Yilmaz P. Wagner M. Loy A. Naganuma T. Nakai R. Whitman W.B. Hahn M.W. Kuever J. Hugenholtz P. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. 2020 70 11 5972 6016 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 33151140 This name was illegitimate until the emendation by Hahn et al. 2017 because it contravened rule 51b (1) due to its inclusion of the genus Bacterivorax Baer et al. 2000 which is the type of the family Bacteriovoracaceae Davidov and Jurkevitch 2004. Hahn et al. corrected the circumscription and this name now adheres to the rules of the Code.