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Species Desulfovibrio intestinalis
Name: Desulfovibrio intestinalis Fröhlich et al. 1999
Etymology: in.tes.ti.na’lis. L. neut. adj. intestinum, gut, intestine; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. intestinalis, pertaining to the intestine (the isolate lives in the intestine of termites)
Pronunciation, gender: in-tes-ti-NA-lis, masculine
Type strain: DSM 11275; KMS2
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y12254
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Frohlich J, Sass H, Babenzien HD, Kuhnigk T, Varma A, Saxena S, Nalepa C, Pfeiffer P, Konig H. Isolation of Desulfovibrio intestinalis sp. nov. from the hindgut' of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. Can J Microbiol 1999; 45:145-152. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 71. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1325-1326.
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 6 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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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Fröhlich, Sass, Kuhnigk and König 1999 in Fröhlich, Sass, Babenzien, Kuhnigk, Varma, Saxena, Nalepa, Pfeiffer and König 1999.
Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Frohlich J, Sass H, Babenzien HD, Kuhnigk T, Varma A, Saxena S, Nalepa C, Pfeiffer P, Konig H. Isolation of Desulfovibrio intestinalis sp. nov. from the hindgut' of the lower termite Mastotermes darwiniensis. Can J Microbiol 1999; 45:145-152.
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Record number: 775690
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