Name: Desulfomonile De Weerd et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.mo.ni’le. 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); L. neut. n. monile, a necklace, a collar; N.L. neut. n. Desulfomonile, a “collared” sulfate-reducer

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desulfomonil-), de-sul-fo-mo-NI-le

Type species: Desulfomonile tiedjei De Weerd et al. 1991

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: DeWeerd KA, Mandelco L, Tanner RS, Woese CR, Suflita JM. Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:23-30.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 3

Parent taxon: Desulfomonilaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 517018
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