Name: Desulfallas Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sulf.al’las. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); Gr. masc. n. allâs, sausage; N.L. masc. n. Desulfallas, sulfate-reducing sausage

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfallant-), de-sulf-AL-las

Type species: Desulfallas sapomandens (Cord-Ruwisch and Garcia 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfallaceae Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfallaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfallaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 🧕 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Desulfallantaceae corrig. Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfallaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cord-Ruwisch R, Garcia JL. Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic benzoate-degrading spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum sapomandens sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1985; 29:325-330.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Watanabe et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; NBRC: 4; JCM: 2; 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: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfallas alcoholivorax (Kaksonen et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfallas arcticus (Vandieken et al. 2006) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfallas geothermicus (Daumas et al. 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfallas gibsoniae (Kuever et al. 1999) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfallas sapomandens (Cord-Ruwisch and Garcia 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfallas thermosapovorans (Fardeau et al. 1995) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

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