Name: Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 8601; DSM 4123

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16S rRNA gene: FR749898 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Esnault G, Caumette P, Garcia JL. Characterization of Desulfovibrio giganteus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a brackish coastal lagoon. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:147-151.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Desulfovibrio giganteus corrig. Esnault et al. 1988

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio giganteus corrig. Esnault et al. 1988	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Error in List No 26; should read Desulfovibrio. Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧍 Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 appears in Validation List no. 26. However, Desulfobacter giganteus Esnault et al. 1988 should read Desulfovibrio giganteus Esnault et al. 1988. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacter Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Esnault G, Caumette P, Garcia JL. Characterization of Desulfovibrio giganteus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a brackish coastal lagoon. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:147-151.

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