Name: "Desulfoarculus" Widdel and Bak 1992

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Gender, pronunciation: masculine, de-sul-fo-AR-ku-lus

Type species: "Desulfoarculus baarsii" Widdel and Bak 1992

Original publication: Widdel F, Bak F. Gram-Negative Mesophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria. In: Balows A, Trüper HG, Dworkin M, Harder W, Schleifer KH (eds), The Prokaryotes 2nd ed., Springer, New York, 1992, p. 3352-3378.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Desulfarculus" corrig. Widdel and Bak 1992

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Desulfarculus" corrig. Widdel and Bak 1992	corrected spelling of name, not validly published
    Desulfarculus Kuever et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Desulfoarculaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 See also Schnell et al. (1991). Publication: Schnell S, Wondrak C, Wahl G, Schink B. Anaerobic degradation of sorbic acid by sulfate-reducing and fermenting bacteria: pentanone-2 and isopentanone-2 as byproducts. Biodegradation 1991; 2:33-41.

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
    "Desulfoarculus baarsii" Widdel and Bak 1992	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Desulfarculaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfarculaceae 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. 1003.

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