Name: Pseudodesulfovibrio halophilus (Caumette et al. 1991) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio halophilus Caumette et al. 1991

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation, gender: ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51179; DSM 5663; SL 8903

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X99237 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio halophilus Caumette et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Salidesulfovibrio halophilus" (Caumette et al. 1991) Park et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07265 (N = 5).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 See also Galushko and Kuever (2019). Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Pseudodesulfovibrio. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Wiley, Unknown City, 2019, p. 1-11.

Parent taxon: Pseudodesulfovibrio Cao et al. 2016

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 17458