Name: Desulfurivibrio dismutans Sorokin et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis.mu’tans. Gr. adv. dis, in two, apart (also Latin adjective); L. pres. part. mutans, changing, altering; N.L. masc. part. adj. dismutans, dismutating, splitting

Pronunciation, gender: dis-MU-tans, masculine

Type strain: AMeS2; DSM 113785; JCM 39203; UNIQEM U934

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Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Ziganshin RH, Kublanov IV. Growth physiology, genomics, and proteomics of Desulfurivibrio dismutans sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur disproportionating and ammonifying haloalkaliphile from soda lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology 2025; 16:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 113758.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Merkel AY, Ziganshin RH, Kublanov IV. Growth physiology, genomics, and proteomics of Desulfurivibrio dismutans sp. nov., an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur disproportionating and ammonifying haloalkaliphile from soda lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology 2025; 16:0.

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Record number: 65646