Name: Desulfomicrobium escambiense corrig. Sharak Genthner et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: es.cam.bi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. escambiense, pertaining to the Escambia River in northwest Florida

Pronunciation, gender: es-kam-bi-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51164; DSM 10707; ESC 1

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16S rRNA gene: AJ277886 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sharak Genthner BR, Mundfrom G, Devereux R. Characterization of Desulfomicrobium escambium sp. nov. and proposal to assign Desulfovibrio desulfuricans strain Norway 4 to the genus Desulfomicrobium. Arch. Microbiol. 1994; 161:215-219.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfomicrobium escambium Sharak Genthner et al. 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, escambium (sic), has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB 1996. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Parent taxon: Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994

Assigned by: Sharak Genthner BR, Mundfrom G, Devereux R. Characterization of Desulfomicrobium escambium sp. nov. and proposal to assign Desulfovibrio desulfuricans strain Norway 4 to the genus Desulfomicrobium. Arch. Microbiol. 1994; 161:215-219.

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Record number: 775584