Name: Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans (Bak and Pfennig 1988) Thiel et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans Bak and Pfennig 1988

Etymology: sul.fo.dis.mu’tans. L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); Gr. adv. dis, apart (also Latin adjective); L. pres. part. mutans, that which changes; N.L. masc. part. adj. sulfodismutans, dismutating sulfur compounds

Pronunciation, gender: sul-fo-dis-MU-tans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43913; DSM 3696; ThAc01; ThAcO1; VKM B-1764

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN596860 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans Bak and Pfennig 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.25629 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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: Desulfolutivibrio Thiel et al. 2021

Assigned by: Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105.

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Record number: 19000