Name: Desulfoluna butyratoxydans Suzuki et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bu.ty.rat.o.xy.dans. N.L. masc. n. butyras (gen. butyratis), butyrate; N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. part. adj. butyratoxydans, butyrate-oxidizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19427; JCM 14721; MSL71

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB110540 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki D, Ueki A, Amaishi A, Ueki K. Desulfoluna butyratoxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:826-832.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008. Publication: Suzuki D, Ueki A, Amaishi A, Ueki K. Desulfoluna butyratoxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:826-832.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008

Assigned by: Suzuki D, Ueki A, Amaishi A, Ueki K. Desulfoluna butyratoxydans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative, butyrate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from an estuarine sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:826-832.

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