Family Desulfomicrobiaceae
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).
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Desulfomicrobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Desulfomicrobium, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfomicrobiaceae, the Desulfomicrobium family.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 107. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1-6.
Effective publication: KUEVER (J.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WIDDEL (F.): Family II. Desulfomicrobiaceae fam. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 944.
Validation List no. 107 in IJSEM Online
→ Desulfomicrobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006 emend. Watanabe et al. 2015.
Reference: WATANABE, M., KOJIMA, H. and FUKUI, M. 2015. Desulfoplanes formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a blackish meromictic lake, and emended description of the family Desulfomicrobiaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 1902-1907.
Original article.
