Name: Desulfonatronovibrio halophilus Sorokin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-na-tro-no-WI-bri-o ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 24312; HTR1; UNIQEM U802

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16S rRNA gene: GQ922847 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Abbas B, Suhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfonatronovibrio halophilus sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from hypersaline chloride-sulfate lakes in Central Asia. Extremophiles 2012; 16:411-417. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 146. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1443-1445.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Desulfonatronovibrio Zhilina et al. 1997

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Abbas B, Suhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfonatronovibrio halophilus sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from hypersaline chloride-sulfate lakes in Central Asia. Extremophiles 2012; 16:411-417. 🇷🇺

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