Name: Desulfovirga Tanaka et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.vir.ga. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote); L. fem. n. virga, twig, rod; N.L. fem. n. Desulfovirga, a sulfate-reducing rod

Gender: feminine (stem: Desulfovirg-)

Type species: Desulfovirga adipica Tanaka et al. 2000

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanaka K, Stackebrandt E, Tohyama S, Eguchi T. Desulfovirga adipica gen. nov., sp. nov., an adipate-degrading, gram-negative, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:639-644.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfovirga adipica Tanaka et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Syntrophobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Syntrophobacteraceae 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. 1021.

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