Species Desulfonatronospira delicata

Name: Desulfonatronospira delicata Sorokin et al. 2008

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: de.li.ca’ta. L. fem. part. adj. delicata, delicate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fo-na-tro-no-SPI-ra de-li-KA-ta, feminine

Type strain: AHT 6; DSM 19491; UNIQEM U275

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16S rRNA gene: EU296539 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Henstra AM, Stams AJM, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions by Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonatronospira delicata sp. nov. - a novel lineage of Deltaproteobacteria from hypersaline soda lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1444-1453. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 122. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1511-1512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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Parent taxon: Desulfonatronospira Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Henstra AM, Stams AJM, Galinski EA, Muyzer G. Sulfidogenesis under extremely haloalkaline conditions by Desulfonatronospira thiodismutans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Desulfonatronospira delicata sp. nov. - a novel lineage of Deltaproteobacteria from hypersaline soda lakes. Microbiology (Reading) 2008; 154:1444-1453. 🇷🇺

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