Name: Halodesulfovibrio Shivani et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.de.sul.fo.vi’bri.o. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. n. Desulfovibrio, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Halodesulfovibrio, Desulfovibrio salt loving [sic]

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Halodesulfovibrion-), ha-lo-de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o

Type species: Halodesulfovibrio aestuarii (Postgate and Campbell 1966) Shivani et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Halodesulfovibrio spirochaetisodalis gen. nov. sp. nov. and reclassification of four Desulfovibrio spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:87-93.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:765-766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kim et al. 2020 Kim YJ, Yang JA, Lim JK, Park MJ, Yang SH, Lee HS, Kang SG, Lee JH, Kwon KK. Paradesulfovibrio onnuriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chemolithoautotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the Onnuri vent field of the Indian Ocean and reclassification of Desulfovibrio senegalensis as Paradesulfovibrio senegalensis comb. nov. J Microbiol 2020; 58:252-259.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2025-03-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion. — 🧍 The distinct name Paradesulfovibrio from the same publication has a similar spelling.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Van Der Maarel MJEC, Van Bergeijk S, Van Werkhoven AF, Laverman AM, Meijer WG, Stam WT, Hansen TA. Cleavage of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and reduction of acrylate by Desulfovibrio acrylicus sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1996; 166:109-115.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Halodesulfovi".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02553 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 2; KCTC: 1; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Halodesulfovibrio aestuarii (Postgate and Campbell 1966) Shivani et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Halodesulfovibrio lyudaonia" Chen et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Halodesulfovibrio marinisediminis (Takii et al. 2008) Shivani et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halodesulfovibrio oceani (Finster and Kjeldsen 2012) Shivani et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Halodesulfovibrio spirochaetisodalis Shivani et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Halodesulfovibrio spirochaetisodalis gen. nov. sp. nov. and reclassification of four Desulfovibrio spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:87-93.

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