Species Desulfomicrobium aggregans

Name: Desulfomicrobium aggregans Dengler et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. neut. part. adj. aggregans, adding to, aggregating, forming cell aggregates

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-mi-KRO-bi-um AG-gre-gans, neuter

Type strain: CaP3V-S-L1A; DSM 113299; JCM 39179

16S rRNA gene: MW497624 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dengler L, Meier J, Klingl A, Nissl L, Bellack A, Grohmann D, Rachel R, Huber H. A novel interdomain consortium from a Costa Rican oil well composed of Methanobacterium cahuitense sp. nov. and Desulfomicrobium aggregans sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:189. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994

Assigned by: Dengler L, Meier J, Klingl A, Nissl L, Bellack A, Grohmann D, Rachel R, Huber H. A novel interdomain consortium from a Costa Rican oil well composed of Methanobacterium cahuitense sp. nov. and Desulfomicrobium aggregans sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:189. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 38068

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