Name: Desulfitispora elongata Sorokin and Chernyh 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.lon.ga’ta. L. fem. part. adj. elongata, elongated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Acr1; DSM 29990; UNIQEM U994

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KP657487 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Chernyh NA. Desulfonatronospira sulfatiphila sp. nov., and Desulfitispora elongata sp. nov., two novel haloalkaliphilic sulfidogenic bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:396-401.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfitispora Sorokin and Muyzer 2010

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Chernyh NA. Desulfonatronospira sulfatiphila sp. nov., and Desulfitispora elongata sp. nov., two novel haloalkaliphilic sulfidogenic bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:396-401.

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Record number: 795108