Name: Desulfocucumis palustris Watanabe et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lus’tris. L. masc./fem. adj. palustris, marshy, swampy

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 102911; NAW-5; NBRC 112242

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16S rRNA gene: LC183909 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfocucumis palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate reducer belonging to Desulfotomaculum subcluster Ig. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2679-2682.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfocucumis Watanabe et al. 2017. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfocucumis palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate reducer belonging to Desulfotomaculum subcluster Ig. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2679-2682.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfocucumis Watanabe et al. 2017

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfocucumis palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate reducer belonging to Desulfotomaculum subcluster Ig. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2679-2682.

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Record number: 795684