Name: Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sulf.a’ci.num. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. neut. n. acinum, a berry, especially a grape; N.L. neut. n. Desulfacinum, a berry-shaped, sulfate-reducing bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desulfacin-), de-sulf-A-ki-num

Type species: Desulfacinum infernum Rees et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rees GN, Grassia GS, Sheehy AJ, Dwivedi PP, Patel BKC. Desulfacinum infernum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:85-89.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Sievert and Kuever 2000 Sievert SM, Kuever J. Desulfacinum hydrothermale sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium from geothermally heated sediments near Milos Island (Greece). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1239-1246. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desufacinum"; "Desulfacimum"; "Desulfacium".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NCIMB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfacinum hydrothermale Sievert and Kuever 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfacinum infernum Rees et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfacinum subterraneum" Rozanova et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae 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. 1021.

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