Name: Desulfobacter vibrioformis Lien and Beeder 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.bri.o.for’mis. N.L. masc. n. vibrio, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. Vibrio, that which vibrates, a generic name; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, of the shape of; N.L. masc./fem. adj. vibrioformis, vibrio shaped [probably better: vibrioniformis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B 54; DSM 8776

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U12254 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lien T, Beeder J. Desulfobacter vibrioformis sp. nov., a sulfate reducer from a water-oil separation system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1124-1128.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19823 (N = 8).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Lien T, Beeder J. Desulfobacter vibrioformis sp. nov., a sulfate reducer from a water-oil separation system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1124-1128.

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Record number: 775540