Name:Desulfovibriointestinalis Fröhlich et al. 1999
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
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)
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)
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 6 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.
🧍 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.