Name: Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Desulfobulbus, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Desulfobulbaceae, the Desulfobulbus family

Type genus: Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 988.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981	validly published	correct name
    Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Desulfofustis Friedrich et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Desulfopila Suzuki et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Desulfoprunum Junghare and Schink 2015	validly published	correct name
    Desulforhopalus Isaksen and Teske 1999	validly published	correct name
    Desulfotalea Knoblauch et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Desulfurivibrio Sorokin et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    "Candidatus Electronema" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Candidatus Electrothrix" Trojan et al. 2016	not validly published

Parent taxon: Desulfobacterales Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order III. Desulfobacterales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 959.

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