Name: Desulfocastanea catecholica (Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988

Etymology: ca.te.cho’li.ca. N.L. neut. n. catechol, catechol; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. catecholica, pertaining to catechol, intended to mean catechol degrading

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43955; DSM 3882; JCM 39068; NZva20; NZva20, Nelson, NZ

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16S rRNA gene: AJ237602 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfocastanea gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-4.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfobacterium catecholicum Szewzyk and Pfennig 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfocastanea Galushko and Kuever 2021. Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfocastanea gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-4.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfocastanea Galushko and Kuever 2021

Assigned by: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulfocastanea gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2019, p. 1-4.

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Record number: 17705