Name: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. 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. [κόκκος] kokkos, grain, seed; N.L. masc. n. Desulfurococcus, the sulfur-reducing coccus

Gender: masculine

Type species: Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • 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.

• 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".

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfurococcus fermentans Perevalova et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis Kublanov et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfurococcus mobilis Zillig and Stetter 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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