Name: Desulfobacula Rabus et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ba’cu.la. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); L. fem. dim. n. bacula, a small berry; N.L. fem. dim. n. Desulfobacula, sulfate-reducing small berry

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfobacul-), de-sul-fo-BA-ku-la

Type species: Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rabus R, Nordhaus R, Ludwig W, Widdel F. Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 1993; 59:1444-1451.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Kuever et al. 2001 Kuever J, Konneke M, Galushko A, Drzyzga O. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:171-177. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfobaccula"; "Desulfobaciila"; "Desullfobacula".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09628 (N = 6).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1.

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Desulfobacula maris" Van Vliet et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Desulfobacula phenolica (Bak and Widdel 1988) Kuever et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobacula toluolica Rabus et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae 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. 959-960.

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