Name: Desulfofaba Knoblauch et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfofab-), de-sul-FO-fa-ba

Type species: Desulfofaba gelida Knoblauch et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfomusa Finster et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Abildgaard et al. 2004 Abildgaard L, Ramsing NB, Finster K. Characterization of the marine propionate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfofaba fastidiosa sp. nov. and reclassification of Desulfomusa hansenii as Desulfofaba hansenii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:393-399. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfofabaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021. Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfofabaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 🧕 Galushko and Küver (2020) assigned this genus to the family Desulfofabaceae Galushko and Kuever 2021. Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfofabaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Abildgaard et al. (2004). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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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