Aquaspirillum dispar Hylemon et al. 1973 and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans Patureau et al. 1998 are subjective synonyms Cleenwerck, I. and De Wachter, M. and Hoste, B. and Janssens, D. and Swings, J.,, 53, 1457-1459 (2003), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02675-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= The 16S rDNA sequences of [Aquaspirillum] dispar LMG 4329T and Microvirgula aerodenitrificans SGLY2T (=LMG 18919T) 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., language=, type=