Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.3467

Name

Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Taxonomic Rank

family

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
order	Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006 emend. Waite et al. 2020

Members

genus	Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Waite et al. 2020
genus	Alteridesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Aminidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Bilophila Baron et al. 1990
genus	Cupidesulfovibrio Wan et al. 2021
genus	Desulfobaculum Zhao et al. 2012
genus	Desulfocurvibacter Spring et al. 2019
genus	Desulfocurvus Klouche et al. 2009
genus	Desulfohalovibrio Spring et al. 2019
genus	Desulfolutivibrio Thiel et al. 2021
genus	Desulfomonas Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus	Frigididesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Fundidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Halodesulfovibrio Shivani et al. 2017
genus	Humidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Incertae sedis 218 Murray and Stackebrandt 1995
genus	Lawsonia McOrist et al. 1995
genus	Maridesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Megalodesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Nitratidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Oceanidesulfovibrio Galushko and Kuever 2021
genus	Oleidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Paradesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Paucidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020
genus	Pseudodesulfovibrio Cao et al. 2016 emend. Waite et al. 2020
genus	Solidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this family within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2020
class Desulfovibrionia Waite et al. 2020
order Desulfovibrionales Kuever et al. 2006 emend. Waite et al. 2020
family Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the family Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.3467.

Source File

10.1601/tx.3467.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 16, 2021.

References

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