Name: Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.na.tro’num. 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); N.L. neut. n. natron, soda (arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron); N.L. neut. n. Desulfonatronum, a sulfate reducer inhabiting soda lakes

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Desulfonatron-), de-sul-fo-na-TRO-num

Type species: Desulfonatronum lacustre Pikuta et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pikuta EV, Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA, Kostrikina NA, Osipov GA, Rainey FA. Desulfonatronum lacustre gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium utilizing ethanol. Mikrobiologiya 1998; 67:123-131.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfonatronaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family IV. Desulfonatronumaceae 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. 956. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfonatronumaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family IV. Desulfonatronumaceae 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. 956. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Densulfonatronum"; "Desulfonatrono".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sorokin et al. (2013). 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: 9; UNIQEM: 3; VKM: 3; ATCC: 1; JCM: 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: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfonatronum alkalitolerans Sorokin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum buryatense Ryzhmanova et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum cooperativum Zhilina et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum lacustre Pikuta et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum parangueonense Pérez Bernal et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum thioautotrophicum Sorokin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum thiodismutans Pikuta et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum thiosulfatophilum Sorokin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonatronum zhilinae Zakharyuk et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfonatronaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family IV. Desulfonatronumaceae 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. 956. 🇺🇸

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