Name: Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae Finster and Kjeldsen 2012

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ga.la.te’ae. L. fem. n. Galatea, a nereid; L. gen. fem. n. galateae, of Galatea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21391; I9; I.9.1; JCM 15971

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ655908 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Finster KW, Kjeldsen KU. Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. oceani sp. nov., subsp. nov. and Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae subsp. nov., novel sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from the oxygen minimum zone off the coast of Peru. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 97:221-229.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halodesulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae (Finster and Kjeldsen 2012) Shivani et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halodesulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae (Finster and Kjeldsen 2012) Shivani et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae 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 oceani within a separate genus Desulfovibrio.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio oceani Finster and Kjeldsen 2012

Assigned by: Finster KW, Kjeldsen KU. Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. oceani sp. nov., subsp. nov. and Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae subsp. nov., novel sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from the oxygen minimum zone off the coast of Peru. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 97:221-229.

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Record number: 788789