Name: Thermodesulfovibrio hydrogeniphilus Haouari et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.ge.ni.phi’lus. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. hydrogeniphilus, hydrogen loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18151; Hbr5; JCM 13991

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF081294 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Haouari O, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Fauque G, Casiot C, Elbaz-Poulichet F, Hamdi M, Ollivier B. Thermodesulfovibrio hydrogeniphilus sp. nov., a new thermophilic sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from a Tunisian hot spring. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:38-42.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfovibrio Henry et al. 1994

Assigned by: Haouari O, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Fauque G, Casiot C, Elbaz-Poulichet F, Hamdi M, Ollivier B. Thermodesulfovibrio hydrogeniphilus sp. nov., a new thermophilic sulphate-reducing bacterium isolated from a Tunisian hot spring. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:38-42.

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