Species Pseudodesulfovibrio senegalensis

Name: Pseudodesulfovibrio senegalensis (Thioye et al. 2017) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio senegalensis Thioye et al. 2017

Etymology: se.ne.ga.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. senegalensis, named after Senegal from where the sample of marine sediment used for isolation originated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o se-ne-ga-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BlaC1; DSM 101509; JCM 31063

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT767981 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Pseudodesulfovibrio. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-11. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Paradesulfovibrio senegalensis" (Thioye et al. 2017) Kim et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Salidesulfovibrio senegalensis" (Thioye et al. 2017) Park et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Desulfovibrio senegalensis Thioye et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09818 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Galushko A, Kuever J. Pseudodesulfovibrio. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-11. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 17714