Genus Desulfurococcus
Name: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983
Etymology: L. abl. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating, suffix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote; M.L. masc. n. coccus, coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Desulfurococcus, the sulfur-reducing coccus
Type species: Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Prangishvilli D, Schäfer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:304-317.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Perevalova et al. 2005
Perevalova AA, Svetlichny VA, Kublanov IV, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurococcus fermentans sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon from a Kamchatka hot spring, and emended description of the genus Desulfurococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:995-999.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
Notes:- Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Perevalova et al. 2005
Perevalova AA, Svetlichny VA, Kublanov IV, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurococcus fermentans sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon from a Kamchatka hot spring, and emended description of the genus Desulfurococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:995-999.
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Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983. Publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Pranghhvilli D, Schäfer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteaks. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. C 1982; 3:304-317.
- Nomenclatural type of the order Desulfurococcales Huber and Stetter 2002. Publication: Huber H, Stetter KO. Order II. Desulfurococcales ord. nov. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria), Springer, New York, 2001, p. 179-197.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Desulforococcus".
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001 validly published correct name Desulfurococcus fermentans Perevalova et al. 2005 validly published synonym Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis Kublanov et al. 2009 validly published synonym Desulfurococcus mobilis Zillig and Stetter 1983 validly published synonym Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfurococcaceae Zillig and Stetter 1983
Assigned by: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Prangishvilli D, Schäfer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:304-317.
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