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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Desulfurivibrio modestus

Name: Desulfurivibrio modestus Khomyakova et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.des’tus. L. masc. adj. modestus, moderate, pertaining to the limited capacity of the species to utilize different carbon sources

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fu-ri-WI-bri-o mo-DES-tus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.18059; D14AmB; UQM 41803; VKM B-3769

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16S rRNA gene: PV350141 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Khomyakova MA, Merkel AY, Kopitsyn DS, Slobodkin AI. Desulfurivibrio nitratireducens sp. nov. and Desulfurivibrio modestus sp. nov., two novel alkaliphilic anaerobes isolated from terrestrial mud volcanoes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126693. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 230. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7224.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Khomyakova MA, Merkel AY, Kopitsyn DS, Slobodkin AI. Desulfurivibrio nitratireducens sp. nov. and Desulfurivibrio modestus sp. nov., two novel alkaliphilic anaerobes isolated from terrestrial mud volcanoes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126693. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 70757

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