Name: Desulfurispirillum Sorokin et al. 2010
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: neuter (stem: Desulfurispirill-)
Type species: Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2010
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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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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