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

Pronunciation, gender: a͡us-TRA-li-kus, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 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