Name: Desulfopila Suzuki et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.pi’la. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. fem. n. pila, pillar; N.L. fem. n. Desulfopila, a sulfate-reducing pillar

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfopil-), de-sul-fo-PI-la

Type species: Desulfopila aestuarii Suzuki et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki D, Ueki A, Amaishi A, Ueki K. Desulfopila aestuarii gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, rod-like, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:520-526.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Gittel et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Gittel A, Seidel M, Kuever J, Galushko AS, Cypionka H, Konneke M. Desulfopila inferna sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the subsurface of a tidal sand-flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1626-1630.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 1; NBRC: 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
    Desulfopila aestuarii Suzuki et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfopila inferna Gittel et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfocapsaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Aronson HS, Thomas C, Bhattacharyya MK, Eckstein SR, Jensen SR, Barco RA, Macalady JL, Amend JP. Thiovibrio frasassiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an autotrophic, elemental sulphur disproportionating bacterium isolated from sulphidic karst sediment, and proposal of Thiovibrionaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6003.

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