
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.38903
Name	Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020
Preferred Name	Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.38903
Type Strain representative organism	NCIB 9332^T (=ATCC 19364 =DSM 1382 =NCIMB 9332)


Proper Form	Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History	The species Megalodesulfovibrio gigas was originally described and validly published by Waite et al. 2020. Waite et al. formed this name in 2020 by placing the species Desulfovibrio gigas Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) into the genus Megalodesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.38903.
Source File	10.1601/nm.38903.xml


This information was last reviewed on December 4, 2020.

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. 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. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 [PubMed].