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

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: wul-GA-ris, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29579; CCUG 34227; CIP 107040; DSM 644; Hildenborough; LMG 7563; NCAIM B.01489; VKM B-1760

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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: orphaned subspecies (and not recommended for medical use)

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 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 vulgaris within a separate genus Desulfovibrio.
  • 😷 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 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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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Record number: 775715