Name: Pseudovibrio denitrificans Shieh et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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