Name: Desulfobotulus mexicanus Pérez-Bernal et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.xi.ca’nus. N.L. masc. adj. mexicanus, from Mexico, from where this bacterial strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 105758; JCM 32146; PAR22N

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY523541 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perez-Bernal MF, Brito EMS, Bartoli M, Aube J, Ollivier B, Guyoneaud R, Hirschler-Rea A. Desulfobotulus mexicanus sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the sediment of an alkaline crater lake in Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3219-3225.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfobotulus Kuever et al. 2009

Assigned by: Perez-Bernal MF, Brito EMS, Bartoli M, Aube J, Ollivier B, Guyoneaud R, Hirschler-Rea A. Desulfobotulus mexicanus sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the sediment of an alkaline crater lake in Mexico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3219-3225.

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Record number: 10619