Name: Desulfofundulus salinus Nazina et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’nus. N.L. masc. adj. salinus, salty

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-LI-nus, masculine

Type strain: 435; DSM 23196; VKM B-1492

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY918122 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nazina TN, Tourova TP, Grouzdev DS, Bidzhieva SK, Poltaraus AB. A Novel View on the Taxonomy of Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium 'Desulfotomaculum salinum' and a Description of a New Species Desulfofundulus salinus sp. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Desulfotomaculum salinum" Nazina et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Desulfotomaculum nigrificans subsp. salinus" Nazina and Rozanova 1978	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
    "Desulfofundulus salinum" Grouzdev et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-10.

Parent taxon: Desulfofundulus Watanabe et al. 2018

Assigned by: Nazina TN, Tourova TP, Grouzdev DS, Bidzhieva SK, Poltaraus AB. A Novel View on the Taxonomy of Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium 'Desulfotomaculum salinum' and a Description of a New Species Desulfofundulus salinus sp. nov. Microorganisms 2024; 12:0. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 57197