Name: Desulfohalobium Ollivier et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ha.lo’bi.um. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. adj. halobius -a -um, living on salt; N.L. neut. n. Desulfohalobium, a sulfate-reducing, salt-requiring, rod-shaped bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desulfohalobi-), de-sul-fo-ha-LO-bi-um

Type species: Desulfohalobium retbaense Ollivier et al. 1991

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ollivier B, Hatchikian CE, Prensier G, Guezennec J, Garcia JL. Desulfohalobium retbaense gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from sediments of a hypersaline lake in Senegal. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:74-81.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family III. Desulfohalobiaceae 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. 948-949.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desuefohalobium"; "Desulfohulobium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; VKM: 1; JCM: 1; ATCC: 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: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfohalobium retbaense Ollivier et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfohalobium utahense Jakobsen et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family III. Desulfohalobiaceae 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. 948-949.

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