Name: "Candidatus Desulfobacillus" Okubo et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ba.cil’lus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Desulfobacillus, a rod that reduces sulfur compounds

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfobacill-), de-sul-fo-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: "Candidatus Desulfobacillus denitrificans" Okubo et al. 2021

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Okubo T, Toyoda A, Fukuhara K, Uchiyama I, Harigaya Y, Kuroiwa M, Suzuki T, Murakami Y, Suwa Y, Takami H. The physiological potential of anammox bacteria as revealed by their core genome structure. DNA Res 2021; 28:0. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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

Parent taxon: [Bacillota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 42933
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