Name: Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: vul.ga’ris. L. masc./fem. adj. vulgaris, usual, common

Gender: masculine

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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 could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. oxamicus Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Postgate JR, Campbell LL. Classification of Desulfovibrio species, the nonsporulating sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1966; 30:732-738.
  • Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris is the correct name 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 vulgaris within a separate genus Desulfovibrio.
  • If an author accepts that Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. oxamicus Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) is a new species [Desulfovibrio oxamicus (Postgate and Campbell 1966) López-Cortés et al. 2006, comb. nov.], then Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) should thereafter be designated simply as Desulfovibrio vulgaris Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lopez-Cortes A, Fardeau ML, Fauque G, Joulian C, Ollivier B. Reclassification of the sulfate- and nitrate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris subsp. oxamicus as Desulfovibrio oxamicus sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1495-1499.

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio vulgaris Postgate and Campbell 1966 (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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