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. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many compounds

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 12446; JCM 15788

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 50 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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