Name: Desulfuromusa Liesack and Finster 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ro.mu’sa. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. fem. n. musa, banana; N.L. fem. n. Desulfuromusa, a banana-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfur

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Desulfuromus-), de-sul-fu-ro-MU-sa

Type species: Desulfuromusa kysingii Liesack and Finster 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liesack W, Finster K. Phylogenetic analysis of five strains of gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, sulfur-reducing bacteria and description of Desulfuromusa gen. nov., including Desulfuromusa kysingii sp. nov., Desulfuromusa bakii sp. nov., and Desulfuromusa succinoxidans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:753-758.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Desulfuromonadaceae 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.
  • 🧕 Greene et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfiromusa"; "Desulfirornusa"; "Desulfitromusa"; "Desulfuromitsa"; "Desulfurornusa"; "Desulphuromusa".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfuromusa bakii Liesack and Finster 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromusa ferrireducens Vandieken et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromusa kysingii Liesack and Finster 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfuromusa succinoxidans Liesack and Finster 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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.

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