Name: "Desulforudis" Karnachuk et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

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

Type species: "Desulforudis audaxviator" Karnachuk et al. 2026

Original publication: Karnachuk OV, Lukina AP, Avakyan MR, Panova IA, Kadnikov VV, Beletsky AV, Mardanov AV, Novikov AA, Scherbakova VA, Ravin NV. A Novel Slowly Evolving Lineage of the Desulforudis Clade From the Deep Subsurface. Environ Microbiol 2026; 28:e70293. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chivian et al. 2008.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Desulforudis" Chuvochina et al. 2023.

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
    "Desulforudis audaxviator" Karnachuk et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

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Record number: 71396