Name: Desulfonauticus Audiffrin et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.nau’ti.cus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating, use to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote (in compound words); L. masc. adj. nauticus, nautical; N.L. masc. n. Desulfonauticus, a marine sulfate-reducer

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfonautic-), de-sul-fo-NA͡U-ti-kus

Type species: Desulfonauticus submarinus Audiffrin et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Audiffrin C, Cayol JL, Joulian C, Casalot L, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Desulfonauticus submarinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1585-1590.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Mayilraj et al. 2009 Mayilraj S, Kaksonen AH, Cord-Ruwisch R, Schumann P, Sproer C, Tindall BJ, Spring S. Desulfonauticus autotrophicus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from oil-production water and emended description of the genus Desulfonauticus. Extremophiles 2009; 13:247-255. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 10. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1559-1560.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfonauticaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: 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.
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CIP: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
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
    Desulfonauticus autotrophicus Mayilraj et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfonauticus submarinus Audiffrin et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfonauticaceae 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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