Name: Desulfocapsa Janssen et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.cap’sa. 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. n. capsa, box; N.L. fem. n. Desulfocapsa, a sulfate-reducing box

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Desulfocaps-), de-sul-fo-KAP-sa

Type species: Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes Janssen et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Janssen PH, Schuhmann A, Bak F, Liesack W. Disproportionation of inorganic sulfur compounds by the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1996; 166:184-192. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 61. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:601-602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfocapsaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family II. Desulfobulbaceae 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. 988. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; ATCC: 2.

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
    Desulfocapsa sulfexigens corrig. Finster et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfocapsa sulfoexigens Finster et al. 2000	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfocapsa thiozymogenes Janssen et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfocapsaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Aronson HS, Thomas C, Bhattacharyya MK, Eckstein SR, Jensen SR, Barco RA, Macalady JL, Amend JP. Thiovibrio frasassiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an autotrophic, elemental sulphur disproportionating bacterium isolated from sulphidic karst sediment, and proposal of Thiovibrionaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6003. 🇺🇸

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