Name: Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.sar’ci.na. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); L. fem. n. sarcina, a package, bundle, and also a generic name (Sarcina); N.L. fem. n. Desulfosarcina, sarcina-shaped sulfate reducer

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfosarcin-), de-sul-fo-SAR-ki-na

Type species: Desulfosarcina variabilis Widdel 1981

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Watanabe et al. 2017 Watanabe M, Higashioka Y, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfosarcina widdelii sp. nov. and Desulfosarcina alkanivorans sp. nov., hydrocarbon-degrading sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from marine sediment and emended description of the genus Desulfosarcina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2994-2997. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfosarcinaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae 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. 959-960.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfosareina"; "Desuljosarcina"; "Desullosarcina".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; JCM: 6; VKM: 3; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DSSR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfosarcina alkanivorans Watanabe et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfosarcina cetonica corrig. (Galushko and Rozanova 1994) Kuever et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfosarcina cetonicum (Galushko and Rozanova 1994) Kuever et al. 2006	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Desulfosarcina ovata" Brenner et al. 2005	not validly published	synonym
    Desulfosarcina ovata Kuever et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfosarcina variabilis Widdel 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfosarcina widdelii Watanabe et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfosarcinaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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