Name: Desulfofundulus australicus (Love et al. 1993) Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum australicum Love et al. 1993

Etymology: aus.tra’li.cus. N.L. masc. adj. australicus, pertaining to Australia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AB33; ACM 3917; DSM 11792; KCTC 15817

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M96665 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfotomaculum australicum Love et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The ACM culture collection ceased to be an open collection in 2010. Publication: Tindall BJ. Desulfofundulus australicus Wantanabe et al. 2018 is represented by a single deposit is one internationally operating collection. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:558-559.

Parent taxon: Desulfofundulus Watanabe et al. 2018

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

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Record number: 798399