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

Pronunciation, gender: pi-e-ZO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: C1TLV30; DSM 21447; JCM 15486

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 = 15).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 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.

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