Name: Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.rel’la. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Desulfurella, a small sulfur reducer

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfurell-), de-sul-fu-REL-la

Type species: Desulfurella acetivorans Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Sokolova TG, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Desulfurella acetivorans gen. nov. and sp. nov.—a new thermophilic sulfur-reducing eubacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:151-155.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 46. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:624-625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Miroshnichenko et al. 1994 Miroshnichenko ML, Gongazde GA, Lysenko AM, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella multipotens sp. nov., a new sulfur-respiring thermophilic eubacterium from Raoul Island (Kermadec archipelago, New Zealand). Arch. Microbiol. 1994; 161:88-93.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Miroshnichenko et al. 1998 Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:475-479. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Desulfurellia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfurellaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfurellaceae 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. 923.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Desulfurellales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order I. Desulfurellales ord. 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. 922.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Desulfurellales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order I. Desulfurellales ord. 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. 922.
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the class Desulfurellia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Vanwonterghem I, Rinke C, Parks DH, Zhang Y, Takai K, Sievert SM, Simon J, Campbell BJ, Hanson TE, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Class Epsilonproteobacteria and Proposed Reclassification to Epsilonbacteraeota (phyl. nov.). Front Microbiol 2017; 8:682.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfireila"; "Desulfirella"; "Desulfizrella"; "Desulfurefla"; "Desulfureila"; "Desulfuro"; "Desuljkrella".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; ATCC: 3; JCM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DSFL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfurella acetivorans Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurella amilsii Florentino et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurella kamchatkensis Miroshnichenko 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurella multipotens Miroshnichenko et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurella propionica Miroshnichenko et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Desulfurellaceae Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfurellaceae 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. 923.

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