Name: Desulfofundulus Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.fun’du.lus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. n. fundulus, a kind of sausage; N.L. masc. n. Desulfofundulus, a sausage-shaped sulfate-reducer

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfofundul-), de-sul-fo-FUN-du-lus

Type species: Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii (Nazina et al. 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Desulfovirgulaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Nazina TN, Ivanova AE, Kanchaveli LP, Rozanova EP. Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii sp. nov., a new spore-forming thermophilic methylotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:823-827. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfofunfulus"; "Desulfotofundulus".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.08141 (N = 16).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; VKM: 3; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 1; JCM: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfofundulus australicus (Love et al. 1993) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii (Nazina et al. 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus luciae (Liu et al. 1997) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfofundulus salinum" Grouzdev et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Desulfofundulus salinus Nazina et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus solfataricus (Goorissen et al. 2003) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus thermoacetoxidans (Min and Zinder 1995) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus (Tasaki et al. 1991) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus thermocisternus (Nilsen et al. 1996) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfofundulus thermosubterraneus (Kaksonen et al. 2006) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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. 🇯🇵

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