Name: Desulfomicrobium macestii (Gogotova and Vainstein 1989) Hippe et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfobacterium macestii Gogotova and Vainstein 1989

Etymology: ma.ces’ti.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. macestii, referring to the town Matsesta at Sotschi, Black Sea, Russia, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-mi-KRO-bi-um ma-KES-ti-i, neuter

Type strain: DSM 4194; M-9; VKM B-1598

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16S rRNA gene: AJ237604 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hippe H, Vainshtein M, Gogotova GI, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1127-1130. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfobacterium macestii Gogotova and Vainstein 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 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.
  • 🧍 The spelling of the name of one of the authors is Vainshtein or Vainstein (without "h"). As a matter of fact, the author uses the both spellings. In "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature", this author's name is cited as it appears in the publications (i.e. Vainshtein for Desulfomicrobium macestii and Vainstein for Desulfobacterium macestii). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Desulfomicrobium Rozanova et al. 1994

Assigned by: Hippe H, Vainshtein M, Gogotova GI, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Desulfobacterium macestii as Desulfomicrobium macestii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1127-1130. 🇩🇪

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