Name: Desulfococcus Widdel 1981
Etymology: De.sul.fo.coc.cus. 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); N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Desulfococcus, a berry shaped (spherical) sulfate-reducer
Gender: masculine (stem: Desulfococc-)
Type species: Desulfococcus multivorans Widdel 1981
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective 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.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Desulfococcus biacutus Platen et al. 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfococcus multivorans Widdel 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Desulfococcus niacini" Imhoff-Stuckle and Pfennig 1983 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
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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Record number: 517011