Name: Desulfobacterium vacuolatum Kuever et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.cu.o.la’tum. N.L. neut. adj. vacuolatum, vacuolated due to the morphology of the cells

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 3385; IbRM; JCM 12295

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16S rRNA gene: AF418178 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Genus II. Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988, 136VP (Effective publication: Bak and Widdel 1986, 175). 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. 965-967.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 107. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfocicer vacuolatum (Kuever et al. 2006) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfocicer vacuolatum (Kuever et al. 2006) Galushko and Kuever 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfobacterium vacuolatum 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 Desulfobacterium.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet vacuolatum is a "N.L. neut. adj.", not a "N.L. n." as cited in the effective publication. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988

Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Genus II. Desulfobacterium Bak and Widdel 1988, 136VP (Effective publication: Bak and Widdel 1986, 175). 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. 965-967.

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