Name: Desulfoluna spongiiphila Ahn et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi.i.phi’la. L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, from Gr. philos friendly, loving; N.L. fem. adj. spongiiphila, friendly to/living within a sponge

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AA1; ATCC BAA-1256; DSM 17682

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF187256 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ahn YB, Kerkhof LJ, Haggblom MM. Desulfoluna spongiiphila sp. nov., a dehalogenating bacterium in the Desulfobacteraceae from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2133-2139.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.37619 (N = 7).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfoluna Suzuki et al. 2008

Assigned by: Ahn YB, Kerkhof LJ, Haggblom MM. Desulfoluna spongiiphila sp. nov., a dehalogenating bacterium in the Desulfobacteraceae from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2133-2139.

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Record number: 775571