Name: Desulfobotulus Kuever et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.bo’tu.lus. 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. masc. n. botulus, a sausage; N.L. masc. n. Desulfobotulus, a sausage-shaped sulfate reducer

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfobotul-), de-sul-fo-BO-tu-lus

Type species: Desulfobotulus sapovorans (Widdel 1981) Kuever et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Genus IV. Desulfobotulus gen. 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. 970-971.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfobutulus"; "Desuljobotulus".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01333 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 1; UNIQEM: 1; VKM: 1; UQM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfobotulus alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobotulus mexicanus Pérez-Bernal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobotulus pelophilus Frolova et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfobotulus sapovorans (Widdel 1981) Kuever et al. 2009	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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