Species Desulfovibrio gigas

Name: Desulfovibrio gigas Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gi’gas. Gr. masc. n. gigas, a giant (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19364; DSM 1382; NCIB 9332; NCIMB 9332; VKM B-1759

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M34400 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Legall J. A NEW SPECIES OF DESULFOVIBRIO. J Bacteriol 1963; 86:1120.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Desulfovibrio gigas is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfovibrio.
- 😷 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 355 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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

Assigned by: Legall J. A NEW SPECIES OF DESULFOVIBRIO. J Bacteriol 1963; 86:1120.

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