Name: Desulfofundulus thermosubterraneus (Kaksonen et al. 2006) Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum thermosubterraneum Kaksonen et al. 2006

Etymology: ther.mo.sub.ter.ra’ne.us. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. masc. adj. subterraneus, subterranean, underground, below the Earth’s surface; N.L. masc. adj. thermosubterraneus, thermophilic inhabitant of the Earth’s subsurface

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16057; JCM 13837; RL50JIII

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ208688 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 thermosubterraneum Kaksonen et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 798413