Genus Desulfofarcimen
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Desulfofarcimen Watanabe et al. 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfofarcimen acetoxidans Watanabe et al. 2018.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. neut. n. farcimen, sausage; N.L. neut. n. Desulfofarcimen, a sausage-shaped sulfate-reducer.
Valid publication: WATANABE, M., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2018. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2891-2899.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfofarcimen acetoxidans Watanabe et al. 2018, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 'Göttingen'=5575=ATCC 49208=DSM 771.
Sequence accession no. (complete genome) for the type strain: CP001720.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CP001720.
Basonym: ¤ Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans Widdel and Pfennig 1977.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. n. acidum, aceticum, acetic acid; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; N.L. part. adj. acetoxidans, oxidizing acetic acid.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: WATANABE, M., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2018. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2891-2899.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfofarcimen intricatum Watanabe et al. 2018, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SR45=NBRC 109411=DSM 26801.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB778017.
Basonym: ¤ Desulfotomaculum intricatum Watanabe et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. n. adj. intricatum, perplexed, embarrassed, entangled, referring to the complexity of the 16S rRNA gene sequences of the type strain.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: WATANABE, M., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2018. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2891-2899.
Original article in IJSEM Online