Name: Desulfotignum Kuever et al. 2001
Etymology: De.sul.fo.ti.gnum. 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. neut. n. tignum, a piece or stick of timber; N.L. neut. n. Desulfotignum, sulfate-reducing stick
Gender: neuter (stem: Desulfotign-)
Type species: Desulfotignum balticum Kuever et al. 2001
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Kuever J, Konneke M, Galushko A, Drzyzga O. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium phenolicum as Desulfobacula phenolica comb. nov. and description of strain SaxT as Desulfotignum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:171-177.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Desulfotignum balticum Kuever et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfotignum phosphitoxidans Schink et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfotignum toluenicum Ommedal and Torsvik 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Desulfotignum toluolica" Abed et al. 2011 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Parent taxon: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by: 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.
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Record number: 515514