Name: Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Order

Proposed as: ord. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.vi.bri.o.na’les. N.L. masc. n. Desulfovibrio, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfovibrionales, the Desulfovibrio order

Pronunciation, gender: de-sul-fo-wi-bri-o-NA-les, feminine

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

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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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