
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.3486
Name	Desulfovibrio gigas Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Megalodesulfovibrio gigas
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.3486
Type Strain representative organism	DSM 1382^T (=ATCC 19364 =NCIMB 9332 =NCIB 9332)


Proper Form	Desulfovibrio gigas Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Desulfovibrio gigas was originally described by Le Gall 1963. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2020, Waite et al. established Desulfovibrio gigas as the basonym of Megalodesulfovibrio gigas (Le Gall 1963) Waite et al. 2020 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Desulfovibrio gigas Le Gall 1963 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.3486.
Source File	10.1601/nm.3486.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 21, 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].
Le Gall J. A new species of Desulfovibrio. J Bacteriol 1963; 86:1120. [PubMed].
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.