Name: Cupidesulfovibrio oxamicus (Postgate and Campbell 1966) Wan et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. oxamicus Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ox.am’i.cus. N.L. masc. adj. oxamicus, pertaining to oxamic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33405; DSM 1925; Monticello 2; NCIB 9442; NCIMB 9442

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ295677 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wan YY, Luo N, Liu XL, Lai QL, Goodfellow M. Cupidesulfovibrio liaohensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil reservoir and reclassification of Desulfovibrio oxamicus and Desulfovibrio termitidis as Cupidesulfovibrio oxamicus comb. nov. and Cupidesulfovibrio termitidis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4618.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Nitratidesulfovibrio oxamicus (Postgate and Campbell 1966) Waite et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio oxamicus (Postgate and Campbell 1966) López-Cortés et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nitratidesulfovibrio oxamicus (Postgate and Campbell 1966) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. oxamicus Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cupidesulfovibrio oxamicus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cupidesulfovibrio.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Cupidesulfovibrio Wan et al. 2021

Assigned by: Wan YY, Luo N, Liu XL, Lai QL, Goodfellow M. Cupidesulfovibrio liaohensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from an oil reservoir and reclassification of Desulfovibrio oxamicus and Desulfovibrio termitidis as Cupidesulfovibrio oxamicus comb. nov. and Cupidesulfovibrio termitidis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4618.

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Record number: 17317