Genus Desulfoplanes
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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").
Desulfoplanes Watanabe et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfoplanes formicivorans Watanabe et al. 2015.
Etymology: L. n. sulfur, sulfur; Gr. n. planes, a wanderer, roamer; N.L. masc. n. Desulfoplanes, a sulfate-reducing wanderer, pertaining to a motile sulfate reducer.
Valid publication: 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 in IJSEM Online
Desulfoplanes formicivorans Watanabe et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Pf12B=NBRC 110391=DSM 28890.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC017841.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; L. part. adj. vorans, eating; N.L. adj. formicivorans, eating formic acid.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: 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 in IJSEM Online