Name: Desulfohalobium utahense Jakobsen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u’tah.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. utahense, pertaining to the state of Utah, USA, where the type strain was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 17720; EtOH3; VKM B-2384

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ067421 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jakobsen TF, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Desulfohalobium utahense sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Great Salt Lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2063-2069.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfovermiculus utahensis (Jakobsen et al. 2006) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovermiculus utahensis (Jakobsen et al. 2006) Galushko and Kuever 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfohalobium utahense 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 Desulfohalobium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfohalobium Ollivier et al. 1991

Assigned by: Jakobsen TF, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Desulfohalobium utahense sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Great Salt Lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2063-2069.

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Record number: 785404