Name: Pseudodesulfovibrio Cao et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.de.sul.fo.vi’bri.o. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. masc. n. Desulfovibrio, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Pseudodesulfovibrio, like Desulfovibrio, referring to the close relationship to this genus

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

Type species: Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus Cao et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao J, Gayet N, Zeng X, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean and reclassification of four species of the genus Desulfovibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3904-3911. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • 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 proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Kondo 2023 Kondo R. Pseudodesulfovibrio nedwellii sp. nov., a mesophilic sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from a xenic culture of an anaerobic heterolobosean protist. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5826. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pseudodesulfivibrio"; "Psuedodesulfovibrio".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Bidzhieva et al. (2024). 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: 15; JCM: 8; VKM: 4; ATCC: 4; KCTC: 4; MCCC: 3; NCIMB: 1; UQM: 1; MCM: 1; DSMZ: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 16
Total number of child taxa: 21

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudodesulfovibrio aespoeensis (Motamedi and Pedersen 1998) Cao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio alkaliphilus Frolova et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudodesulfovibrio brasiliensis" Waite et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    "Pseudodesulfovibrio cashew" Zheng et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Pseudodesulfovibrio dechloracetivorans" Galushko and Kuever 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio halophilus (Caumette et al. 1991) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio hydrargyri Ranchou-Peyruse et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus Cao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio karagichevae Bidzhieva et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii Gilmour et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio methanolicus Bidzhieva et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio nedwellii Kondo 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudodesulfovibrio oxyclinae" (Krekeler et al. 2000) Galushko and Kuever 2019	not validly published	synonym
    Pseudodesulfovibrio pelocollis Slobodkina et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio piezophilus (Khelaifia et al. 2011) Cao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio portus (Suzuki et al. 2010) Cao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio profundus (Bale et al. 1997) Cao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio sediminis Takahashi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio senegalensis (Thioye et al. 2017) Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pseudodesulfovibrio thermohalotolerans" Gaikwad et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Pseudodesulfovibrio tunisiensis (Ben Ali Gam et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Cao J, Gayet N, Zeng X, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean and reclassification of four species of the genus Desulfovibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3904-3911. 🇨🇳

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