Name: Desulforhabdus Oude Elferink et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.rhab’dus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod; N.L. fem. n. Desulforhabdus, a rod-shaped sulfate reducer

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Desulforhabd-), de-sul-fo-R^HAB-dus

Type species: Desulforhabdus amnigena corrig. Oude Elferink et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oude Elferink SJ, Maas RN, Harmsen HJ, Stams AJ. Desulforhabdus amnigenus gen. nov. sp. nov., a sulfate reducer isolated from anaerobic granular sludge. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:119-124. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 63. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulforhabus"; "Desulforhahdus".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 The Greek word rhabdos is in the feminine gender. So, according to Rule 65 (2), the generic name Desulforhabdus is in the feminine gender. Publication: Euzeby JP, Boemare NE. The modern Latin word rhabdus belongs to the feminine gender, inducing necessary corrections according to Rules 65(2), 12c(1) and 13b of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1691-1692. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulforhabdus amnigena corrig. Oude Elferink et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulforhabdus amnigenus Oude Elferink et al. 1997	inaccurate spelling	misspelling

Parent taxon: Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae 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. 1021. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 517023