Name: Desulfobaculum senezii (Tsu et al. 1999) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio senezii Tsu et al. 1999

Etymology: se.ne’zi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. senezii, in honor of the French microbiologist Jacques C. Senez, who greatly stimulated research on sulfate reduction

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … se-NE-zi-i, neuter

Type strain: CVL; DSM 8436; JCM 16814

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF050100 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfobaculum. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-4. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio senezii Tsu et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01489 (N = 5).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Desulfobaculum Zhao et al. 2012

Assigned by: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfobaculum. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-4. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 24814