Name: Oceanidesulfovibrio gabonensis (Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1996) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio gabonensis Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1996

Etymology: ga.bo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. gabonensis, pertaining to Gabon, a country in West Africa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-ke-a-ni-de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o ga-bo-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700201; DSM 10636; SEBR 2840

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: U31080 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Oceanidesulfovibrio gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio gabonensis Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanidesulfovibrio Galushko and Kuever 2021. Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Oceanidesulfovibrio gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 0 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.

Parent taxon: Oceanidesulfovibrio Galushko and Kuever 2021

Assigned by: Galushko A, Kuever J. Oceanidesulfovibrio gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 24803