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Genus Desulfurivibrio
Name: Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008
Etymology: De.sul.fu.ri.vi’bri.o. L. prep. de, from, off, away; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, a vibrio; N.L. masc. n. Desulfurivibrio, vibrio that reduces sulfur compounds
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfurivibrion-), de-sul-fu-ri-WI-bri-o
Type species: Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Mussmann M, Muyzer G. Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2008; 12:431-439. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 123. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1993-1994.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfurivibrionaceae 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.
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🧕 Pagani et al. (2011) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Publication:
Pagani I, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Chertkov O, Davenport K, Tapia R, et al. Complete genome sequence of Desulfobulbus propionicus type strain (1pr3). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:100-110.
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; UNIQEM: 2; JCM: 1.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfurivibrionaceae 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
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 Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Desulfurivibrio dismutans Sorokin et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfurivibrionaceae Waite et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Aronson HS, Thomas C, Bhattacharyya MK, Eckstein SR, Jensen SR, Barco RA, Macalady JL, Amend JP. Thiovibrio frasassiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an autotrophic, elemental sulphur disproportionating bacterium isolated from sulphidic karst sediment, and proposal of Thiovibrionaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6003.
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Record number: 517791
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