Species ***Desulfovibrio* *giganteus***

Name: Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gi.gan.te’us. L. masc. adj. giganteus, giant, gigantic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o gi-gan-TE-us, masculine

Type strain: 8601; DSM 4123

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16S rRNA gene: FR749898 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Esnault G, Caumette P, Garcia JL. Characterization of Desulfovibrio giganteus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a brackish coastal lagoon. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:147-151.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 Cited in List No 26 erroneously as Desulfobacter, not yet corrected. Publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.
- 🧍 Error in List No 26; should read Desulfovibrio. Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
- 🧍 Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 appears in Validation List no. 26. However, Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 should read Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988. — 🧍 In Validation List no. 26, Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 is erroneously cited as Desulfobacter (sic) giganteus Esnault et al. 1988. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Esnault G, Caumette P, Garcia JL. Characterization of Desulfovibrio giganteus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a brackish coastal lagoon. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:147-151.

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Species ***Desulfovibrio* *giganteus***