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Genus Desulfoprunum
Name: Desulfoprunum Junghare and Schink 2015
Etymology: De.sul.fo.pru’num. L. prep. de, off, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. neut. n. prunum, plum; N.L. neut. n. Desulfoprunum, a plum-shaped sulfate-reducing bacterium
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desulfoprun-), de-sul-fo-PRU-num
Type species: Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum Junghare and Schink 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Junghare and Schink (2015) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Publication:
Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84. 🇩🇪
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧕 Junghare and Schink (2015) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobulbaceae Kuever et al. 2006.
Publication:
Junghare M, Schink B. Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-stain-negative, benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a wastewater treatment plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:77-84.
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: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfoprunum benzoelyticum Junghare and Schink 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 518655
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