Name: Desulfomonile tiedjei De Weerd et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tied’je.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tiedjei, of Tiedje, named to recognize the contributions of James M. Tiedje and his laboratory to the field of microbial ecology

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49306; DCB-1; DSM 6799

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16S rRNA gene: AM086646 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: DeWeerd KA, Mandelco L, Tanner RS, Woese CR, Suflita JM. Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:23-30.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfomonile De Weerd et al. 1991. Publication: DeWeerd KA, Mandelco L, Tanner RS, Woese CR, Suflita JM. Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:23-30.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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.

Parent taxon: Desulfomonile De Weerd et al. 1991

Assigned by: DeWeerd KA, Mandelco L, Tanner RS, Woese CR, Suflita JM. Desulfomonile tiedjei gen. nov. and sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, dehalogenating, sulfate-reducing bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 154:23-30.

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