Name: Desulfobotulus pelophilus Frolova et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. pelophilus, loving mud, since the species was isolated from a mud volcano

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pe-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 112796; H1; UQM 41590; VKM B-3697

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16S rRNA gene: MW872673 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Frolova AA, Merkel A, Kuchierskaya AA, Slobodkin AI. Desulfobotulus pelophilus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic sulfate- reducing bacterium from a terrestrial mud volcano. Microbiology 2023; 92:493-499. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
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Parent taxon: Desulfobotulus Kuever et al. 2009

Assigned by: Frolova AA, Merkel A, Kuchierskaya AA, Slobodkin AI. Desulfobotulus pelophilus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic sulfate- reducing bacterium from a terrestrial mud volcano. Microbiology 2023; 92:493-499. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 46592