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Species Desulfovibrio furfuralis
Name: Desulfovibrio furfuralis Folkerts et al. 1989
Etymology: fur.fu.ra’lis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. furfuralis, furfural (2-furaldehyde)
Pronunciation, gender: fur-fu-RA-lis, masculine
Type strain: DSM 2590; F1
Effective publication:
Folkerts M, Ney U, Kneifel H, Stackebrandt E, Witte EG, Forstel H, Schoberth SM, Sahm H. Desulfovibrio furfuralis sp. nov., a furfural degrading strictly anaerobic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:161-169. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 0 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.
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🧍 Type strain erroneously cited in Validation List No. 31 as DSM 2599.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.
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🧍 The strain DSM 2599, cited in Validation List no. 31, is a strain of Thermoanaerobacter brockii subsp. brockii.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.
Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Folkerts M, Ney U, Kneifel H, Stackebrandt E, Witte EG, Forstel H, Schoberth SM, Sahm H. Desulfovibrio furfuralis sp. nov., a furfural degrading strictly anaerobic bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:161-169.
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Record number: 783740
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