Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008 Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2008 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Desulfobacterota Waite et al. 2020 Desulfobulbia Waite et al. 2020 Desulfobulbales Waite et al. 2020 Desulfurivibrionaceae Waite et al. 2020 Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008 Desulfurivibrionaceae Waite et al. 2020 Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2008 Sorokin D.Yu. Tourova T.P. Mußmann M. Muyzer G. Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes 2008 12 431 439 Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions Extremophiles 1431-0651 1433-4909 10.1007/s00792-008-0148-8 18317684 Waite D.W. Chuvochina M. Pelikan C. Parks D.H. Yilmaz P. Wagner M. Loy A. Naganuma T. Nakai R. Whitman W.B. Hahn M.W. Kuever J. Hugenholtz P. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. 2020 70 11 5972 6016 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.004213 33151140 The authors (Sorokin et al. 2008, rid.8879) place the genus Desulfurivibrio within the Deltaproteobacteria. Intermediate taxa are not designated.