Name: "Desulfamplus" Descamps et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sulf.am’plus. L. prep. de, from; N.L. pref. sulfo-, used for N.L. sulfuratis sulfate (in compound words); L. adj. amplus -a -um, large; N.L. masc. n. Desulfamplus, a large sulfate-reducer

Gender: masculine (stem: Desulfampl-)

Type species: "Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis" Descamps et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Descamps ECT, Monteil CL, Menguy N, Ginet N, Pignol D, Bazylinski DA, Lefevre CT. Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite, that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:280-289.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Desulfamplus" Lefèvre et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Descamps et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Deltaproteobacteria Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Descamps ECT, Monteil CL, Menguy N, Ginet N, Pignol D, Bazylinski DA, Lefevre CT. Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite, that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:280-289.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Desulfamplus" Lefèvre et al. 2011. Publication: Lefevre CT, Menguy N, Abreu F, Lins U, Posfai M, Prozorov T, Pignol D, Frankel RB, Bazylinski DA. A cultured greigite-producing magnetotactic bacterium in a novel group of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Science 2011; 334:1720-1723.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

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
    "Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis" Descamps et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Descamps ECT, Monteil CL, Menguy N, Ginet N, Pignol D, Bazylinski DA, Lefevre CT. Desulfamplus magnetovallimortis gen. nov., sp. nov., a magnetotactic bacterium from a brackish desert spring able to biomineralize greigite and magnetite, that represents a novel lineage in the Desulfobacteraceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:280-289.

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