Name: Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999
Etymology: De.sul.fo.fa.ba. L. prep. de, off; 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. faba, a bean; N.L. fem. n. Desulfofaba, a sulfate-reducing bean
Gender: feminine (stem: Desulfofab-)
Type species: Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999
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Valid publication: Knoblauch C, Sahm K, Jorgensen BB. Psychrophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from permanently cold arctic marine sediments: description of Desulfofrigus oceanense gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfofrigus fragile sp. nov., Desulfofaba gelida gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfotalea psychrophila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfotalea arctica sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1631-1643.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Desulfomusa Finster et al. 2001 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Desulfofaba fastidiosa Abildgaard et al. 2004 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfofaba hansenii (Finster et al. 2001) Abildgaard et al. 2004 | 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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Record number: 517012