Name: Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. africanus (Campbell et al. 1966) Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Desulfovibrio africanus Campbell et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.fri.ca’nus. L. masc. adj. africanus, African

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19996; Benghazi; DSM 2603; NCIB 8401; NCIMB 8401; VKM B-1757

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Castaneda-Carrion IN, Sheik CS, Krumholz LR. Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum subsp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium from a uranium-contaminated subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:880-886.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Desulfocurvibacter africanus subsp. africanus (Campbell et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfocurvibacter africanus subsp. africanus (Campbell et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010 according to rule 40d. Publication: Castaneda-Carrion IN, Sheik CS, Krumholz LR. Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum subsp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium from a uranium-contaminated subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:880-886.
  • ❗ Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. africanus is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Desulfovibrio africanus within a separate genus Desulfovibrio.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Campbell et al. 1966, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio africanus Campbell et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Castaneda-Carrion IN, Sheik CS, Krumholz LR. Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum subsp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium from a uranium-contaminated subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:880-886.

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