Name: "Desulfomicrobium aestuarii" Dias et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. neut. n. aestuarium, estuary; L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of the estuary

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ADR26; DSM 19191; JCM 14714

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16S rRNA gene: AM419442 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Dias M, Salvado JC, Monperrus M, Caumette P, Amouroux D, Duran R, Guyoneaud R. Characterization of Desulfomicrobium salsuginis sp. nov. and Desulfomicrobium aestuarii sp. nov., two new sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from the Adour estuary (French Atlantic coast) with specific mercury methylation potentials. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:30-37.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994

Assigned by: Dias M, Salvado JC, Monperrus M, Caumette P, Amouroux D, Duran R, Guyoneaud R. Characterization of Desulfomicrobium salsuginis sp. nov. and Desulfomicrobium aestuarii sp. nov., two new sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from the Adour estuary (French Atlantic coast) with specific mercury methylation potentials. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:30-37.

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Record number: 786164