Name: Solidesulfovibrio carbinoliphilus (Allen et al. 2008) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio carbinoliphilus Allen et al. 2008

Etymology: car.bi.no.li’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. carbinol, alcohol; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friendly to, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. carbinoliphilus, alcohol-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: so-li-de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o kar-bi-no-LI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1241; D41; DSM 17524

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16S rRNA gene: DQ186200 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio carbinoliphilus Allen et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 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: Solidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿

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Record number: 17463