Name: Sulfurospirillum multivorans (Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002) Luijten et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Dehalospirillum multivorans Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002

Etymology: mul.ti’vo.rans. L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. neut. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many compounds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mul-TI-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: DSM 12446; JCM 15788

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16S rRNA gene: X82931 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Luijten ML, de Weert J, Smidt H, Boschker HT, de Vos WM, Schraa G, Stams AJ. Description of Sulfurospirillum halorespirans sp. nov., an anaerobic, tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium, and transfer of Dehalospirillum multivorans to the genus Sulfurospirillum as Sulfurospirillum multivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:787-793. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dehalospirillum multivorans Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 51 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Sulfurospirillum multivorans (Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002) Luijten et al. 2003 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Sulfurospirillum multivorans (Scholz-Muramatsu et al. 2002) Luijten et al. 2003 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Sulfurospirillum Schumacher et al. 1993

Assigned by: Luijten ML, de Weert J, Smidt H, Boschker HT, de Vos WM, Schraa G, Stams AJ. Description of Sulfurospirillum halorespirans sp. nov., an anaerobic, tetrachloroethene-respiring bacterium, and transfer of Dehalospirillum multivorans to the genus Sulfurospirillum as Sulfurospirillum multivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:787-793. 🇳🇱

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