Genus Desulfovibrio

Name: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.vi’bri.o. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); 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. Desulfovibrio, a vibrio that reduces sulfur compounds

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Desulfovibrion-), de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o

Type species: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aminidesulfovibrio" Galushko and Kuever 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfomonas Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Alteridesulfovibrio" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Frigididesulfovibrio" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Alteridesulfovibrio" Galushko and Kuever 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Frigididesulfovibrio" Galushko and Kuever 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Aminidesulfovibrio" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Psychrodesulfovibrio" Galushko and Kuever 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Loubinoux et al. 2002 Loubinoux J, Valente FM, Pereira IA, Costa A, Grimont PA, Le Faou AE. Reclassification of the only species of the genus Desulfomonas, Desulfomonas pigra, as Desulfovibrio piger comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1305-1308. 🇫🇷 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Waite et al. 2020 Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 30 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfovibrionaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 926. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order II. Desulfovibrionales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 925-926. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Desulfovibriota" Soltysova et al. 2025. Publication: Soltysova M, Tomova A, Paulinyova M, Lakatosova S, Trebaticka J, Ostatnikova D. Gut microbiota in children and adolescents with autism, ADHD and anorexia nervosa, and its link to the levels of satiety hormones. Neuroscience 2025; 0:0. 🇸🇰
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Desulfovibrionota" corrig. Soltysova et al. 2025. Publication: Soltysova M, Tomova A, Paulinyova M, Lakatosova S, Trebaticka J, Ostatnikova D. Gut microbiota in children and adolescents with autism, ADHD and anorexia nervosa, and its link to the levels of satiety hormones. Neuroscience 2025; 0:0. 🇸🇰
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Spirilleae Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Spirillaceae Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the suborder Pseudomonadineae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR. Suborder II. Pseudomonoadineae Breed, Murray and Smith, Sub-Ordo Nov. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th ed., The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1957, p. 67.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order II. Desulfovibrionales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 925-926. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Thiobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Vibrioneae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Spirillum" Hassall 1845. Publication: Beijerinck MW. Über Spirillum desulfuricans als Ursache von Sulfat-reduktion. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1895; 1:104-114.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Degulfnvibrio"; "Desdfovibrio"; "Desufovibrio"; "Desulfbvibrio"; "Desulfofibrio"; "Desulfoiibrio"; "Desulfouibrio"; "Desulfovibriu"; "Desulfovihrio"; "Desulfovilnio"; "Desulfovlbrio"; "Desulfovlbrlo"; "Desulfowbrio"; "Desulfowbrlo"; "Desulfowibrio"; "Desulfuviflrio"; "Desulfuvilnio"; "Desuljovibrio"; "Desulphovibrio"; "Desutfovibrio"; "Desutjbvibrio"; "Desuyovibrio"; "Sporavibrio".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Feio et al. (2004), Ben-Ali-Gam et al. (2018), Basso et al. (2005), Abildgaard et al. (2006), Tardy-Jacquenod et al. (1996). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 79; ATCC: 29; JCM: 24; VKM: 17; NCIMB: 11; CCUG: 4; CIP: 4; KCTC: 2; LMG: 2; NCTC: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), van NIEL (C.B.) is erroneously cited as van NIEL (B.C.). Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DSVB" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 72
Total number of child taxa: 100

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfovibrio acrylicus van der Maarel et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio aerotolerans Mogensen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio aespoeensis Motamedi and Pedersen 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio africanus Campbell et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio alaskensis Feio et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio alcoholivorans corrig. Qatibi et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio alcoholovorans Qatibi et al. 1995	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfovibrio alkalitolerans Abildgaard et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio aminophilus Baena et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio arcticus Pecheritsyna et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio baarsii Widdel 1981	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio baculatus Rozanova and Nazina 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio bastinii Magot et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio biadhensis Fadhlaoui et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio bizertensis Haouari et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio brasiliensis Warthmann et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio burkinensis Ouattara et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio butyratiphilus Suzuki et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio caledoniensis" Wu et al. 2002	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio capillatus Miranda-Tello et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio carbinolicus Nanninga and Gottschal 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio carbinoliphilus Allen et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio cavernae" Sass and Cypionka 2004	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio cuneatus Sass et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans" Sun et al. 2000	not validly published	synonym
    Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfovibrio diazotrophica" Sayavedra et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Desulfovibrio diazotrophicus" corrig. Sayavedra et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio faecigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Desulfovibrio fairfieldensis" McDougall et al. 1997	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio falkowii Hamaguchi et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio ferrireducens Vandieken et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio ferrophilus" Emerson et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio frigidus Vandieken et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio fructosivorans corrig. Ollivier et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio fructosovorans Ollivier et al. 1990	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfovibrio furfuralis Folkerts et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio gabonensis Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio gigas Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio gilichinskyi Ryzhmanova et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio gracilis Magot et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio halophilus Caumette et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio hontreensis" Tarasov et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio hydrothermalis Alazard et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio idahonensis Sass et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio indicus" Cao et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio indonensis Feio et al. 2000	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfovibrio indonesiensis corrig. Feio et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio inopinatus Reichenbecher and Schink 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio intestinalis Fröhlich et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio intestinavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio intestinipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio kirbyi" Takeuchi et al. 2020	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Desulfovibrio lacusfryxellense" Sattley and Madigan 2010	not validly published	synonym
    Desulfovibrio legallii corrig. Thabet et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio legallis Thabet et al. 2013	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfovibrio litoralis Sass et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio longreachensis corrig. Redburn and Patel 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio longreachii Redburn and Patel 1995	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfovibrio longus Magot et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio magneticus Sakaguchi et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio mangrovi" Zhou et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio marinisediminis Takii et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio marinus Ben Dhia Thabet et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio marrakechensis Chamkh et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio mexicanus Hernandez-Eugenio et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio multispirans" Czechowski et al. 1984	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio oceani Finster and Kjeldsen 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio orientis" Adams and Postgate 1959	not validly published	preferred name
    "Desulfovibrio oryzae" Bacmaga et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio oxamicus (Postgate and Campbell 1966) López-Cortés et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio oxyclinae Krekeler et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio paquesii van Houten et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio piezophilus Khelaifia et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio piger (Moore et al. 1976) Loubinoux et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio porci Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio portus Suzuki et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio profundus Bale et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio psychrotolerans Sasi Jyothsna et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio putealis Basso et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Desulfovibrio rubentschikii" (Baars 1930) ZoBell 1948	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio salexigens Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio salinus Ben Ali Gam et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio sapovorans Widdel 1981	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio senegalensis Thioye et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio senezii Tsu et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio simplex Zellner et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfovibrio singaporenus" Sheng et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfovibrio subterraneus Ueno et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans Bak and Pfennig 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio termitidis Trinkerl et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio thermophilus Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Candidatus Desulfovibrio trichonymphae" Sato et al. 2009	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Desulfovibrio tunisiensis Ben Ali Gam et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio vietnamensis Dang et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio vulgaris Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfovibrio zosterae Nielsen et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfovibrionaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 926. 🇺🇸

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