Name: Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: uni.fla.gel’lum. L. masc. adj. unus, only one, one; L. neut. n. flagellum, whip; N.L. neut. n. uniflagellum, the only one whip (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23860; JCM 15510; KCTC 5649; SR-1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU659693 Analyse FASTA

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

Correct name: Desulfocurvibacter africanus subsp. uniflagellum (Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010) Spring et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfocurvibacter africanus subsp. uniflagellum (Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010) Spring et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum 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.
  • 🧍 The type strain of Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum is given erroneously in the abstract as LS KCTC 5649. The correct type strain of Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum is SR-1 = JCM 15510 = KCTC 5649. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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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