Name: Desulfovermiculus Belyakova et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ver.mi’cu.lus. L. prep. de, off; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. n. vermiculus, little worm; from L. masc. n. vermis, worm; N.L. masc. n. Desulfovermiculus, vermiform sulfate-reducing bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Desulfovermicul-), de-sul-fo-wer-MI-ku-lus

Type species: Desulfovermiculus halophilus Belyakova et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Belyakova EV, Rozanova EP, Borzenkov IA, Tourova TP, Pusheva MA, Lysenko AM, Kolganova TV. The new facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovermiculus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil field. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2006; 75:161-171. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

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: "Desulfovirmiculus"; "Ulfovermiculus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 2; DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 The gender of the genus name is not cited in the effective publication. According to Rule 65(2) the genus name Desulfovermiculus must be in the masculine gender. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfovermiculus halophilus Belyakova et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfovermiculus utahensis (Jakobsen et al. 2006) Galushko and Kuever 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Belyakova EV, Rozanova EP, Borzenkov IA, Tourova TP, Pusheva MA, Lysenko AM, Kolganova TV. The new facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, moderately halophilic, sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovermiculus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oil field. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2006; 75:161-171. 🇷🇺

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