Name: Desulfallas gibsoniae (Kuever et al. 1999) Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae Kuever et al. 1999

Etymology: gib.so’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. gibsoniae, of Gibson, named after Jane Gibson, a British-American microbiologist and biochemist, who made important contributions to the field of anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 7213; Groll; NBRC 112754

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ294431 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfoscipio gibsoniae (Kuever et al. 1999) Watanabe et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfoscipio gibsoniae (Kuever et al. 1999) Watanabe et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae Kuever et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfallas gibsoniae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfallas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfallas Watanabe et al. 2018

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

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Record number: 798401