Genus "Candidatus Desulforudis"

Name: "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chivian et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: genus, Candidatus

Etymology: De.sul.fo’ru.dis. L. prep. de, from; N.L. pref. sulfo-, pertaining to sulfur (in compound words); from N.L. masc. n. sulfas (gen. sulfatis), sulfate; L. masc./fem. adj. rudis, a slender rod (also as feminine noun); N.L. fem. n. Desulforudis, a sulfate-reducing slender rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Desulforud-), de-sul-FO-ru-dis

Type species: "Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator" Chivian et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chivian D, Brodie EL, Alm EJ, Culley DE, Dehal PS, DeSantis TZ, Gihring TM, Lapidus A, Lin LH, Lowry SR, et al. Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth. Science 2008; 322:275-278. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chuvochina et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not pro-validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chuvochina et al. 2023. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Desulforudis" Karnachuk et al. 2026.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator" Chivian et al. 2008	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Desulforudaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023

Assigned by: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 21756