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

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae Finster and Kjeldsen 2012

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

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ655908 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Halodesulfovibrio spirochaetisodalis gen. nov. sp. nov. and reclassification of four Desulfovibrio spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:87-93.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:765-766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio oceani subsp. galateae Finster and Kjeldsen 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Halodesulfovibrio oceani (Finster and Kjeldsen 2012) Shivani et al. 2017

Assigned by: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Halodesulfovibrio spirochaetisodalis gen. nov. sp. nov. and reclassification of four Desulfovibrio spp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:87-93.

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Record number: 795047