Subspecies Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans

Name: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Spirillum desulfuricans" Beijerinck 1895

Etymology: de.sul.fu’ri.cans. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. masc. part. adj. desulfuricans, reducing sulfur compounds; from N.L. v. desulfurico, to reduce sulfur

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o de-sul-FU-ri-kans de-sul-FU-ri-kans, masculine

Type strain: Adams Essex 6; ATCC 29577; CCUG 34226; CIP 107039; DSM 642; LMG 7529; NCIB 8307; NCIMB 8307; VKM B-1799

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Effective publication: Postgate JR, Campbell LL. Classification of Desulfovibrio species, the nonsporulating sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1966; 30:732-738.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. aestuarii Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. Publication: Postgate JR, Campbell LL. Classification of Desulfovibrio species, the nonsporulating sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1966; 30:732-738.
  • ❗ Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans 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 desulfuricans within a separate genus Desulfovibrio.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936, 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 desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Postgate JR, Campbell LL. Classification of Desulfovibrio species, the nonsporulating sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1966; 30:732-738.

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