Name: Solidesulfovibrio marrakechensis (Chamkh et al. 2009) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio marrakechensis Chamkh et al. 2009

Etymology: mar.ra.ke.chen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. marrakechensis, pertaining to Marrakech, in south-west Morocco, the source of isolation of the type strain, also referring to the first sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from Morocco (Marrakech was the old name of Morocco)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1562; DSM 19337; EMSSDQ4

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF514217 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio marrakechensis Chamkh et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 17495