Genus Desulfatibacillum

Name: Desulfatibacillum Cravo-Laureau et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fa.ti.ba.cil’lum. L. prep. de, from; N.L. masc. n. sulfas, sulfate; L. neut. n. bacillum, rod; N.L. neut. n. Desulfatibacillum, a sulfate-reducing rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Desulfatibacill-), de-sul-fa-ti-ba-KIL-lum

Type species: Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans Cravo-Laureau et al. 2004

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cravo-Laureau C, Matheron R, Cayol JL, Joulian C, Hirschler-Rea A. Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an n-alkane- and n-alkene-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:77-83. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 2

Parent taxon: Desulfatibacillaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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. 🇳🇿

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Record number: 515501
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