Name: "Desulfomicrobium salsuginis" Dias et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.su’gi.nis. L. fem. n. salsugo, salt-water; L. gen. fem. n. salsuginis, of brackish water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-mi-KRO-bi-um sal-SU-gi-nis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ADR21; DSM 19190; JCM 14713

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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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