Name: Desulfovulcanus Kashyap et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.vul.ca’nus. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. masc. n. Vulcanus, god of fire; N.L. masc. n. Desulfovulcanus, sulfate reducer from a volcano

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Desulfovulcan-), de-sul-fo-wul-KA-nus

Type species: Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens Kashyap et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kashyap S, Musa M, Neat KA, Leopo DA, Holden JF. Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganeite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:13. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kashyap et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the family Desulfonauticaceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Kashyap S, Musa M, Neat KA, Leopo DA, Holden JF. Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic autotrophic iron and sulfate-reducing bacterium from subseafloor basalt that grows on akaganeite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:13. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 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
    Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens Kashyap et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfohalobiaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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