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Genus Desulfocarbo
Name: Desulfocarbo An and Picardal 2014
Etymology: De.sul.fo.car’bo. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating, a prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote (in compound words); L. masc. n. carbo, coal; N.L. masc. n. Desulfocarbo, a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a coal bed
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfocarbon-), de-sul-fo-KAR-bo
Type species: Desulfocarbo indianensis An and Picardal 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
An TT, Picardal FW. Desulfocarbo indianensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a benzoate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from water extracted from a coal bed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2907-2914. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfocarbo indianensis An and Picardal 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfarculaceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Davidova IA, Wawrik B, Callaghan AV, Duncan K, Marks CR, Suflita JM. Dethiosulfatarculus sandiegensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic paraffin-degrading enrichment culture and emended description of the family Desulfarculaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1242-1248.
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Record number: 518600
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