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Genus Desulfocurvus
Name: Desulfocurvus Klouche et al. 2009
Etymology: De.sul.fo.cur’vus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating, used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote (in compound words); L. masc. adj. curvus, curved; N.L. masc. n. Desulfocurvus, a curved sulfate-reducing bacterium
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Desulfocurv-), de-sul-fo-KUR-wus
Type species: Desulfocurvus vexinensis Klouche et al. 2009
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Klouche N, Basso O, Lascourreges JF, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Fauque G, Fardeau ML, Magot M. Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3100-3104. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.
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: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfocurvus thunnarius Hamdi et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Desulfocurvus vexinensis Klouche et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Klouche N, Basso O, Lascourreges JF, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Fauque G, Fardeau ML, Magot M. Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3100-3104. 🇫🇷
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Record number: 517928
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