Name: Desulfurispirillum Sorokin et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ri.spi.ril’lum. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. neut. dim. n. spirillum, a small spiral; from Gr. fem. n. speîra, spiral; N.L. neut. dim. n. Desulfurispirillum, a spirillum that reduces elemental sulfur

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Desulfurispirill-), de-sul-fu-ri-spi-RIL-lum

Type species: Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Foti M, Tindall BJ, Muyzer G. Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic sulfur- and dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium from a full-scale sulfide-removing bioreactor. Extremophiles 2007; 11:363-370.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 131. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfurispiril"; "Desulfurospirillum".
  • 📧 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: 2; ATCC: 1; UNIQEM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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
    Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurispirillum indicum Rauschenbach et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chrysiogenaceae Garrity and Holt 2002

Assigned by: Rauschenbach I, Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Desulfurispirillum indicum sp. nov., a selenate- and selenite-respiring bacterium isolated from an estuarine canal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:654-658.

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