Genus Desulfovulcanus

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

Type species: Desulfovulcanus ferrireducens Kashyap et al. 2023

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 akaganéite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:0.

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

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

Parent taxon: Desulfonauticaceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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 akaganéite and lepidocrocite minerals. Extremophiles 2022; 26:0.

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Record number: 37226
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