Name: Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens Thiel et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fo.xi.di.re.du’cens. N.L. neut. n. sulfoxidum, sulfoxide; L. pres. part. reducens, bringing or leading back, used to mean ’reducing’; N.L. masc. part. adj. sulfoxidireducens, sulfoxide reducing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-lu-ti-WI-bri-o sul-fo-xi-di-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: DSM 107105; J.5.4.2-L4.2.8; NBRC 113990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN596862 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfolutivibrio Thiel et al. 2021. Publication: Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Desulfolutivibrio Thiel et al. 2021

Assigned by: Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105. 🇩🇪

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