Desulfovibrionaceae

Desulfovibrionaceae
	Nitratidesulfovibrio vulgaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Thermodesulfobacteriota
Class:	Desulfovibrionia
Order:	Desulfovibrionales
Family:	Desulfovibrionaceae; Kuever et al. 2006
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	"Sporovibrionaceae" Prévot 1940

*Oleidesulfovibrio alaskensis* cells on stainless steel.

Desulfovibrionaceae is a family of bacteria belonging to the phylum Thermodesulfobacteriota.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024^[4]^[5]^[6]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226^[7]^[8]^[9]

Desulfovibrionaceae

Oleidesulfovibrio

	"Psychrodesulfovibrio" Galushko & Kuever 2020

	Halodesulfovibrio

"Frigididesulfovibrio"

Nitratidesulfovibrio

	Desulfovibrio longreachensis

	Cupidesulfovibrio

	Lawsonia

	Bilophila

Desulfovibrio

Desulfonatronaceae

Desulfonatronum

Desulfovibrionaceae 2

Alteridesulfovibrio

Fundidesulfovibrio

	Desulfolutivibrio

	Solidesulfovibrio

	Alkalidesulfovibrio

	Desulfocurvibacter

Desulfohalovibrio

	Desulfocurvus

	Desulfobaculum [incl. Paradesulfovibrio]

Megalodesulfovibrio

	Desulfovibrio species-group 2

	Oceanidesulfovibrio

	"Aminidesulfovibrio"

	Humidesulfovibrio

Paucidesulfovibrio

	Maridesulfovibrio

	Pseudodesulfovibrio [incl. "Salidesulfovibrio" Park et al. 2022]

Desulfonatronaceae

Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998

Desulfovibrionaceae

Fundidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

"Alteridesulfovibrio" Waite et al. 2020

	Desulfolutivibrio Thiel et al. 2021

	Solidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

	"Desulfovibrio ferrophilus" Dinh et al. 2004

	Desulfocurvus Klouche et al. 2009

	Desulfobaculum corrig. Zhao et al. 2012

	Paradesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Desulfocurvibacter Spring et al. 2019

	Alkalidesulfovibrio Park et al. 2023

	Desulfohalovibrio Spring et al. 2019

	"Aminidesulfovibrio" Waite et al. 2020

	Humidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Paucidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

	Maridesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

	Pseudodesulfovibrio Cao et al. 2016 (incl. "Salidesulfovibrio")

	Megalodesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2021

	Oceanidesulfovibrio Galushko & Kuever 2021

	Oleidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

	Halodesulfovibrio Shivani et al. 2017 [incl. "Psychrodesulfovibrio"]

"Frigididesulfovibrio" Waite et al. 2020

	Nitratidesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

	Cupidesulfovibrio Wan et al. 2021

	"Taurinivorans" Ye et al. 2023

	"Mailhella" Ndongo et al. 2017

	"Ca. Avidesulfovibrio" Gilroy et al. 2021

	Bilophila Baron et al. 1990 [incl. Lawsonia McOrist et al. 1995]

Desulfovibrio Kluyver & van Niel 1936

Genera incertae sedis:

References

^ Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, Hahn MW, Kuever J, Hugenholtz P. (2020). "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. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004213. PMID 33151140.
^ Desulfovibrionaceae in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
^ Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfovibrionaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
^ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[Waite-1] Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, Hahn MW, Kuever J, Hugenholtz P. (2020). "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. 70 (11): 5972–6016. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004213. PMID 33151140.

[LPSN-2] Desulfovibrionaceae in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.

[NCBI-3] Schoch CL; et al. "Desulfovibrionaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.

[4] "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[5] "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[6] "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.

[about-7] "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[tree_bac-8] "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[taxon_history-9] "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

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