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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 24312; HTR1; UNIQEM U802

See detailed strain information at

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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Record number: 789862