Name: Pseudovibrio denitrificans Shieh et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. masc. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying; from N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-WI-bri-o de-ni-TRI-fi-kans, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17323; DN34; DSM 17465; JCM 12308; NBRC 100825

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16S rRNA gene: AB681263 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shieh WY, Lin YT, Jean WD. Pseudovibrio denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, facultatively anaerobic, fermentative bacterium capable of denitrification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2307-2312. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudovibrio Shieh et al. 2004. Publication: Shieh WY, Lin YT, Jean WD. Pseudovibrio denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, facultatively anaerobic, fermentative bacterium capable of denitrification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2307-2312. 🇹🇼
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Pseudovibrio Shieh et al. 2004

Assigned by: Shieh WY, Lin YT, Jean WD. Pseudovibrio denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, facultatively anaerobic, fermentative bacterium capable of denitrification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2307-2312. 🇹🇼

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