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Genus Desulfoconvexum

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

 

Desulfoconvexum Könneke et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfoconvexum algidum Könneke et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; N.L. pref. sulfo-, prefix used for N.L. masc. n. sulfas - atis, sulfate; L. neut. n. convexum, bow, curve; Desulfoconvexum, sulfate reducer shaped like a curve.
Valid publication: KÖNNEKE (M.), KUEVER (J.), GALUSHKO (A.) and JØRGENSEN (B.B.): Desulfoconvexum algidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from permanently cold marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 959-964.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Desulfoconvexum algidum Könneke et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JHA1 = DSM 21856 = JCM 16085.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF442984.
Etymology: L neut. adj. algidum, ice-cold, algid, living in ice-cold conditions.
Valid publication: KÖNNEKE (M.), KUEVER (J.), GALUSHKO (A.) and JØRGENSEN (B.B.): Desulfoconvexum algidum gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from permanently cold marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 959-964.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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