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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Desulfurivibrio nitratireducens

Name: Desulfurivibrio nitratireducens Khomyakova et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras, nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, converting to a different state; N.L. masc. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fu-ri-WI-bri-o ni-tra-ti-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: C05AmB; CGMCC 1.18106; KCTC 25857; UQM 41817; VKM B-3838

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16S rRNA gene: PV350140 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: 70758

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