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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Thermodesulfovibrio obliviosus

Name: Thermodesulfovibrio obliviosus Maltseva et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.bli.vi.o’sus. L. masc. adj. obliviosus, forgetful

Pronunciation, gender: o-bli-wi-O-sus, masculine

Type strain: 3462-1; JCM 39444; UQM 41602; VKM B-3714

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Effective publication: Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Pimenov NV, Novikov AA, Lebedinsky AV, Frolov EN. Thermodesulfovibrio autotrophicus sp. nov., the first autotrophic representative of the widespread sulfate-reducing genus Thermodesulfovibrio, and Thermodesulfovibrio obliviosus sp. nov. that has lost this ability. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126561.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Thermodesulfovibrio Henry et al. 1994

Assigned by: Maltseva AI, Elcheninov AG, Klyukina AA, Pimenov NV, Novikov AA, Lebedinsky AV, Frolov EN. Thermodesulfovibrio autotrophicus sp. nov., the first autotrophic representative of the widespread sulfate-reducing genus Thermodesulfovibrio, and Thermodesulfovibrio obliviosus sp. nov. that has lost this ability. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126561.

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Record number: 65759
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