Name: Desulfofalx Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.falx. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. fem. n. falx, a curved short sword; N.L. fem. n. Desulfofalx, a curve-shaped sulfate reducer

Gender: feminine (stem: Desulfofalc-)

Type species: Desulfofalx alkaliphila (Pikuta et al. 2000) Watanabe et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfofalx gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-4.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfofalx gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-4.
  • 🧕 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfofalx gen. nov. In: Anonymous N (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfohalotomaculum Watanabe et al. 2018. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pikuta E, Lysenko A, Suzina N, Osipov G, Kuznetsov B, Tourova T, Akimenko V, Laurinavichius K. Desulfotomaculum alkaliphilum sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic, moderately thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:25-33.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06308 (N = 13).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfofalx alkaliphila (Pikuta et al. 2000) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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