Name: Desulforamulus Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ra’mu.lus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. dim. n. ramulus, a sprig, a little bough or rod; N.L. masc. dim. n. Desulforamulus, a rod-shaped sulfate reducer

Gender: masculine (stem: Desulforamul-)

Type species: Desulforamulus ruminis (Campbell and Postgate 1965) Watanabe et al. 2021

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulforamulus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 2-8.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulforamulus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-8.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07638 (N = 17).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; JCM: 5; ATCC: 3; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 1; MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulforamulus aeronauticus (Hagenauer et al. 1997) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus aquiferis (Berlendis et al. 2016) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulforamulus defluvii" (Krishnamurthi et al. 2013) Watanabe et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Desulforamulus ferrireducens (Yang et al. 2016) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus hydrothermalis (Haouari et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus profundi (Berlendis et al. 2016) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus putei (Liu et al. 1997) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus reducens (Visser et al. 2016) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforamulus ruminis (Campbell and Postgate 1965) Watanabe et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulforamulus varus" (Ogg and Patel 2011) Watanabe et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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