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Species Desulfovibrio thermophilus
Name: Desulfovibrio thermophilus Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving
Pronunciation, gender: ther-MO-phi-lus, masculine
Type strain: DSM 1276; VKM V-1128
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16S rRNA gene:
AF334601
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FASTA
Effective publication: Rozanova EP, Khudyakova AI. A new nonspore-forming thermophilic sulfate-reducing organism Desulfovibrio thermophilus nov. sp. Microbiologiya 1974; 43:1069-1075.
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Thermodesulfobacterium thermophilum (Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova and Pivovarova 1995
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Thermodesulfobacterium thermophilum (Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova and Pivovarova 1995 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Thermodesulfobacterium mobile (Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova and Pivovarova 1991 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
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Notes:
- ❗ Desulfovibrio thermophilus 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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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🧍 Tranferred to Thermodesulfobacterium as T. mobile; genus Thermodesulfobacterium not validated at that time!
Publication:
Zeikus JG, Dawson MA, Thompson TE, Ingvorsen K, Hatchikian EC. Microbial ecology of volcanic sulfidogenesis: Isolation and characterization of Thermodesulfobacterium commune gen. nov. and spec. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:1159-1169.
- 🧍 Replacement of the illegitimate name new combination, Thermodesulfobacterium mobile (Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova and Pivovarova 1991 [see: Thermodesulfobacterium mobile (Rozanova and Khudyakova 1974) Rozanova and Pivovarova 1991, comb. nov.]. Publication: Rozanova EP, Pivovarova TA. Reclassification of Desulfovibrio thermophilus (Rozanova, Khudyakova, 1974). Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:102-106.
Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Rozanova EP, Khudyakova AI. A new nonspore-forming thermophilic sulfate-reducing organism Desulfovibrio thermophilus nov. sp. Microbiologiya 1974; 43:1069-1075.
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Record number: 775711
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