Name: "Desulfobacillus" Johnson et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ba.cil’lus. N.L. masc. n. Desulfobacillus, a rod that reduces sulfur compounds

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

Type species: "Desulfobacillus acidavidus" Johnson et al. 2009

Original publication: Johnson DB, Jameson E, Rowe OF, Wakeman K, Hallberg KB. Sulfidogenesis at low pH by acidophilic bacteria and its potential for the selective recovery of transition metals from mine waters. Adv Mat Res 2009; 71–73:693-696. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Johnson et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Johnson DB, Jameson E, Rowe OF, Wakeman K, Hallberg KB. Sulfidogenesis at low pH by acidophilic bacteria and its potential for the selective recovery of transition metals from mine waters. Adv Mat Res 2009; 71–73:693-696. 🇬🇧
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfobacilllus".
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Desulfobacillus" Okubo et al. 2021.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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
    "Desulfobacillus acidavidus" Johnson et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name

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Record number: 2581