Genus Desulfurispora

Name: Desulfurispora Kaksonen et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ri’spo.ra. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Desulfurispora, a spore-forming organism that reduces sulfur compounds

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Desulfurispor-), de-sul-fu-RI-spo-ra

Type species: Desulfurispora thermophila Kaksonen et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaksonen AH, Spring S, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Puhakka JA. Desulfurispora thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, spore-forming sulfate-reducer isolated from a sulfidogenic fluidized-bed reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1089-1094. 🇫🇮

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfurisporaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-2. 🇯🇵
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt (2014) assigned this genus to the family Desulfotomaculaceae Stackebrandt 2020. Publication: Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Watanabe et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Desulfurisporaceae Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfurisporaceae fam. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-2. 🇯🇵
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.07774 (N = 15).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 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
    Desulfurispora thermophila Kaksonen et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. Haloalkaliphilic spore-forming sulfidogens from soda lake sediments and description of Desulfitispora alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov. Extremophiles 2010; 14:313-320. 🇷🇺

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