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Genus Desulfohalovibrio
Name: Desulfohalovibrio Spring et al. 2019
Etymology: De.sul.fo.ha.lo.vi’bri.o. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote) (in compound words); Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and fro, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a bacterial genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Desulfohalovibrio, a salt (-loving) vibrio that reduces sulfur compounds
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfohalovibrion-), de-sul-fo-ha-lo-WI-bri-o
Type species: Desulfohalovibrio reitneri Spring et al. 2019
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfohalovibrio alkalitolerans (Abildgaard et al. 2006) Spring et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP synonym Desulfohalovibrio reitneri Spring et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862.
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Record number: 521632
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