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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^her-mo-de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o hy-dro-ge-NI-p^hi-lus, 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 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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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