Name: Pseudodesulfovibrio hydrargyri Ranchou-Peyruse et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.drar.gy’ri. L. gen. masc. n. hydrargyri, of mercury, referring to the strain’s capacity to methylate mercury

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BerOc1; DSM 103834; JCM 31820

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU137840 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ranchou-Peyruse M, Goni-Urriza M, Guignard M, Goas M, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Guyoneaud R. Pseudodesulfovibrio hydrargyri sp. nov., a mercury-methylating bacterium isolated from a brackish sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1461-1466.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 10384.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26961 (N = 3).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pseudodesulfovibrio Cao et al. 2016

Assigned by: Ranchou-Peyruse M, Goni-Urriza M, Guignard M, Goas M, Ranchou-Peyruse A, Guyoneaud R. Pseudodesulfovibrio hydrargyri sp. nov., a mercury-methylating bacterium isolated from a brackish sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1461-1466.

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Record number: 796400