Genus Desulfoluna
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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").
Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfoluna butyratoxydans Suzuki et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. fem. n. luna, the figure of a half-moon, a crescent, lune; N.L. fem. n. Desulfoluna, a sulfate-reducing crescent.
Valid publication: SUZUKI (D.), UEKI (A.), AMAISHI (A.) and UEKI (K.): Desulfoluna butyratoxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 826-832.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfoluna butyratoxydans Suzuki et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MSL71 = DSM 19427 = JCM 14721.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB110540.
Etymology: N.L. n. butyras -atis, butyrate; N.L. part. adj. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. butyratoxydans, butyrate-oxidizing.
Valid publication: SUZUKI (D.), UEKI (A.), AMAISHI (A.) and UEKI (K.): Desulfoluna butyratoxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 826-832.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfoluna spongiiphila Ahn et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AA1 = ATCC BAA-1256 = DSM 17682.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF187256.
Etymology: L. n. spongia, sponge; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. spongiiphila, friendly to/living within a sponge.
Valid publication: AHN (Y.B.), KERKHOF (L.J.) and HÄGGBLOM (M.M.): Desulfoluna spongiiphila sp. nov., a dehalogenating bacterium in the Desulfobacteraceae from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2133-2139.
Original article in IJSEM Online