Name: Desulfacinum infernum Rees et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fer’num. L. neut. adj. infernum, underground, belonging to the Lower Regions (masculine infernus also as noun)

Pronunciation, gender: in-FER-num, neuter

Type strain: ACM 3991; BαG1; DSM 9756; NCIMB 13416

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16S rRNA gene: L27426 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rees GN, Grassia GS, Sheehy AJ, Dwivedi PP, Patel BKC. Desulfacinum infernum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:85-89.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995. Publication: Rees GN, Grassia GS, Sheehy AJ, Dwivedi PP, Patel BKC. Desulfacinum infernum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:85-89.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfacinum Rees et al. 1995

Assigned by: Rees GN, Grassia GS, Sheehy AJ, Dwivedi PP, Patel BKC. Desulfacinum infernum gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:85-89.

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