Name: Dehalospirillum multivorans Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring numerous kinds of substrates

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 12446; JCM 15788

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X82931 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Scholz-Muramatsu H, Neumann A, Meßmer M, Moore E, Diekert G. Isolation and characterization of Dehalospirillum multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a tetrachloroetheneutilizing, strictly anaerobic bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1995; 163:48-56.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 88. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1915-1916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sulfurospirillum multivorans (Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002) Luijten et al. 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfurospirillum multivorans (Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002) Luijten et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dehalospirillum Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002. Publication: Scholz-Muramatsu H, Neumann A, Meßmer M, Moore E, Diekert G. Isolation and characterization of Dehalospirillum multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a tetrachloroetheneutilizing, strictly anaerobic bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1995; 163:48-56.
  • ❗ Dehalospirillum multivorans 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 Dehalospirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Dehalospirillum multivorans Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Dehalospirillum multivorans Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Dehalospirillum Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002

Assigned by: Scholz-Muramatsu H, Neumann A, Meßmer M, Moore E, Diekert G. Isolation and characterization of Dehalospirillum multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a tetrachloroetheneutilizing, strictly anaerobic bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1995; 163:48-56.

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