Name: Solidesulfovibrio alcoholivorans (Qatibi et al. 1995) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio alcoholovorans Qatibi et al. 1995

Etymology: al.co.ho.li.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. alcohol (gen. alcoholis), alcohol; L. v. voro, to eat, to devour; N.L. part. adj. alcoholivorans, devouring alcohol

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49738; DSM 5433; SPSN; VKM B-1761

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF053751 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio alcoholovorans Qatibi et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Desulfovibrio alcoholivorans corrig. Qatibi et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17115 (N = 5).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Solidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 17491