Name: Desulfocurvus vexinensis Klouche et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ve.xi.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. vexinensis, pertaining to the geographical origin of the isolate, the Vexin, an area of the Paris Basin, France

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AS36; DSM 17965; JCM 14038; VNs36

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ168480 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Klouche N, Basso O, Lascourreges JF, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Fauque G, Fardeau ML, Magot M. Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3100-3104.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfocurvus Klouche et al. 2009. Publication: Klouche N, Basso O, Lascourreges JF, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Fauque G, Fardeau ML, Magot M. Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3100-3104.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Desulfocurvus Klouche et al. 2009

Assigned by: Klouche N, Basso O, Lascourreges JF, Cayol JL, Thomas P, Fauque G, Fardeau ML, Magot M. Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3100-3104.

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