Name: "Deferrimonas" Waite et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.fer.ri.mo’nas. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. ferrum, iron; N.L. pref. deferri-, refer to dissimilatory iron reduction (in compound words); L. fem. n. monas, monad; N.L. fem. n. Deferrimonas, iron­reducing monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Deferrimonad-)

Type species: "Deferrimonas soudanensis" (Badalamenti et al. 2016) Waite et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family "Trichloromonadaceae" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Badalamenti JP, Summers ZM, Chan CH, Gralnick JA, Bond DR. Isolation and Genomic Characterization of 'Desulfuromonas soudanensis WTL', a Metal- and Electrode-Respiring Bacterium from Anoxic Deep Subsurface Brine. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:913.
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Type species not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Deferrimonas soudanensis" (Badalamenti et al. 2016) Waite et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/deferrimonasCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 32529