Name: Phaeovibrio sulfidiphilus Lakshmi et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fi.di.phi’lus. N.L. neut. n. sulfidum, sulfide; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friendly to, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. sulfidiphilus, sulfide-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23193; JA480; KCTC 5825; NBRC 106163

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN391894 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lakshmi KV, Sasikala Ch, Ashok Kumar GV, Chandrasekaran R, Ramana ChV. Phaeovibrio sulfidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., phototrophic alphaproteobacteria isolated from brackish water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:828-833.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Phaeovibrio Lakshmi et al. 2011. Publication: Lakshmi KV, Sasikala Ch, Ashok Kumar GV, Chandrasekaran R, Ramana ChV. Phaeovibrio sulfidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., phototrophic alphaproteobacteria isolated from brackish water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:828-833.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phaeovibrio Lakshmi et al. 2011

Assigned by: Lakshmi KV, Sasikala Ch, Ashok Kumar GV, Chandrasekaran R, Ramana ChV. Phaeovibrio sulfidiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., phototrophic alphaproteobacteria isolated from brackish water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:828-833.

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Record number: 789161