Name: Sulfurospirillum cavolei Kodama et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cav.o’le.i. L. neut. n. cavum, cave, cavern; L. gen. neut. n. olei, of/from oil; N.L. gen. neut. n. cavolei, of/from an oil cavern, as the organism was isolated from underground oil storage caverns

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fu-ro-spi-RIL-lum kaw-O-le-i, neuter

Type strain: DSM 18149; JCM 13918; Phe91

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16S rRNA gene: AB246781 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kodama Y, Ha le T, Watanabe K. Sulfurospirillum cavolei sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an underground crude oil storage cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:827-831. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Sulfurospirillum Schumacher et al. 1993

Assigned by: Kodama Y, Ha le T, Watanabe K. Sulfurospirillum cavolei sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from an underground crude oil storage cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:827-831. 🇯🇵

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