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Species Desulfovibrio piger

Name: Desulfovibrio piger (Moore et al. 1976) Loubinoux et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfomonas pigra Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: pi’ger. L. masc. adj. piger, lazy, referring to the limited substrate utilization of the species

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-WI-bri-o PI-ger, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29098; DSM 749

16S rRNA gene: AF192152 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Loubinoux J, Valente FM, Pereira IA, Costa A, Grimont PA, Le Faou AE. Reclassification of the only species of the genus Desulfomonas, Desulfomonas pigra, as Desulfovibrio piger comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1305-1308. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 70 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
    • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Loubinoux J, Valente FM, Pereira IA, Costa A, Grimont PA, Le Faou AE. Reclassification of the only species of the genus Desulfomonas, Desulfomonas pigra, as Desulfovibrio piger comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1305-1308. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 775701