Name: Desulfohalovibrio reitneri Spring et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: reit’ne.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. reitneri, of Reitner, named to honor Prof. Dr. Joachim Reitner (University of Göttingen, Germany) for his contributions to the geobiology of hypersaline microbial mats

Pronunciation, gender: RE͡IT-ne-ri, masculine

Type strain: DSM 26903; JCM 18662; L21-Syr-AB

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC665952 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfohalovibrio Spring et al. 2019. Publication: Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfohalovibrio Spring et al. 2019

Assigned by: Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862.

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Record number: 800280