Genus Desulfomonas
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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").
Desulfomonas Moore et al. 1976, genus.
Type species: ¤ Desulfomonas pigra Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Desulfomonas, a cell that reduces sulfur compounds.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: MOORE (W.E.C.), JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.): Emendation of Bacteriodaceae and Butyrivibrio and descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and ten new species in the genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1976, 26, 238-252.
→ ¤ Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Loubinoux et al. 2002.
Note: Loubinoux et al. 2002 propose to transfer ¤ Desulfomonas pigra Moore et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980), the type species of the genus Desulfomonas, to the genus ¤ Desulfovibrio as ¤ Desulfovibrio piger (Moore et al. 1976) Loubinoux et al. 2002, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Desulfomonas to ¤ Desulfovibrio.
Reference: LOUBINOUX (J.), VALENTE (F.M.A.), PEREIRA (I.A.C.), COSTA (A.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.) and LE FAOU (A.E.): Reclassification of the only species of the genus Desulfomonas, Desulfomonas pigra, as Desulfovibrio piger comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1305-1308.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfomonas pigra Moore et al. 1976, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 29098= DSM 749.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF192152.
Etymology: L. adj. piger -gra -grum, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive; L. fem. adj. pigra, lazy (referring to the limited number of substrates utilized by the species).
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: MOORE (W.E.C.), JOHNSON (J.L.) and HOLDEMAN (L.V.): Emendation of Bacteriodaceae and Butyrivibrio and descriptions of Desulfomonas gen. nov. and ten new species in the genera Desulfomonas, Butyrivibrio, Eubacterium, Clostridium and Ruminococcus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1976, 26, 238-252.
→ ¤ Desulfovibrio piger (Moore et al. 1976) Loubinoux et al. 2002, comb. nov.