Name: Pseudodesulfovibrio piezophilus (Khelaifia et al. 2011) Cao et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio piezophilus Khelaifia et al. 2011

Etymology: pi.e.zo.phi’lus. N.L. masc. adj. piezophilus, loving pressure

Gender: masculine

Type strain: C1TLV30; DSM 21447; JCM 15486

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM852532 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao J, Gayet N, Zeng X, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean and reclassification of four species of the genus Desulfovibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3904-3911.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio piezophilus Khelaifia et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13357 (N = 14).
  • 😷 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: Pseudodesulfovibrio Cao et al. 2016

Assigned by: Cao J, Gayet N, Zeng X, Shao Z, Jebbar M, Alain K. Pseudodesulfovibrio indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a piezophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from the Indian Ocean and reclassification of four species of the genus Desulfovibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3904-3911.

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Record number: 794655