Name: Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995
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: neuter (stem: Desulfacin-)
Type species: Desulfacinum infernum Rees et al. 1995
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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 (not correct 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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Record number: 517003