Name: Desulfuromonas Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ro’mo.nas. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Desulfuromonas, a monad that reduces sulfur

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfuromonad-), de-sul-fu-RO-mo-nas

Type species: Desulfuromonas acetoxidans Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N, Biebl H. Desulfuromonas acetoxidans gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new anaerobic, sulfur-reducing, acetate-oxidizing bacterium. Arch Microbiol 1976; 110:3-12.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudodesulfuromonas" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Desulfuromonadia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfuromonaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1006. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfuromonaceae Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfuromonaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1006. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Desulfuromonadales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order V. Desulfuromonales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1005-1006. 🇺🇸
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Desulfuromonales Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Order V. Desulfuromonales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1005-1006. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Desulfuromonadales corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Holmes et al. (2004) assigned this genus to the family Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004. Publication: Holmes DE, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1591-1599. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the class Desulfuromonadia Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Delsulfuromonas"; "Desufiromonas"; "Desufuromonas"; "Desulfiromonas"; "Desulforomonas"; "Desulfuromo"; "Desuljhromonas"; "Desuljiuromonas"; "Desuljuromonas"; "Desultiiromonas"; "Oesulfuromonas".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; ATCC: 5; JCM: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DUMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfuromonas acetexigens Finster et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfuromonas acetoxidans Pfennig and Biebl 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromonas carbonis An and Picardal 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromonas chloroethenica Krumholz 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromonas michiganensis Sung et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromonas palmitatis Coates et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfuromonas soudanensis" Badalamenti et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    Desulfuromonas svalbardensis Vandieken et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromonas thiophila Finster et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Desulfuromonas versatilis" Xie et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸

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