Name: Desulfofundulus thermocisternus (Nilsen et al. 1996) Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum thermocisternum Nilsen et al. 1996

Etymology: ther.mo.cis.ter’nus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. fem. n. cisterna, reservoir; N.L. masc. adj. thermocisternus, of hot reservoir, referring to the original habitat of the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 10259; NBRC 112757; ST90

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U33455 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 thermocisternum Nilsen et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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: 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: 798411