Genus Desulfonatronobacter
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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").
Desulfonatronobacter Sorokin et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans Sorokin et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. prep. de, from; N.L. pref. sulfo-, prefix used for N.L. masc. n. sulfas -atis, sulfate; N.Gr. n. natron, arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron, soda; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Desulfonatronobacter, sulfate-reducing natronophilic rod.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), PANTELEEVA (A.N.) and MUYZER (G.): Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfobulbus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria from soda lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2107-2113.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Desulfonatronobacter acetoxydans Sorokin et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) APT3=DSM 29847=UNIQEM U992.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP223254.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; N. L. n. acidum aceticum, acetic acid; N. L. v. oxido (from Gr. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen), to make acid, oxidize; N.L. part. adj. acetoxydans, oxidizing acetate.
Source: Environmental - saline lake.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 167. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66 (2016), 1-3.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Sorokin, D. Y., Chernyh, N. A. and Poroshina, M. N. 2015. Desulfonatronobacter acetoxydans sp. nov.: a first acetate-oxidizing, extremely salt-tolerant alkaliphilic SRB from a hypersaline soda lake. Extremophiles 19, 899-907.
Effective publication Online
Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans Sorokin et al. 2012, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) APT2 = DSM 24257 = UNIQEM U853.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GU289732.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. acidum, acid; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. acidivorans, devouring (fatty) acids.
Valid publication: SOROKIN (D.Y.), TOUROVA (T.P.), PANTELEEVA (A.N.) and MUYZER (G.): Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfobulbus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria from soda lakes. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2107-2113.
Original article in IJSEM Online