Name: Desulfonatronum lacustre Pikuta et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cus’tre. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, basin, lake; L. suff. -ter -tris -tre, suffix meaning in a general way belonging to (especially of places); N.L. neut. adj. lacustre, belonging to lakes, inhabiting lakes

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 10312; Z-7951

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF418171 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pikuta EV, Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA, Kostrikina NA, Osipov GA, Rainey FA. Desulfonatronum lacustre gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium utilizing ethanol. Mikrobiologiya 1998; 67:123-131.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998. Publication: Pikuta EV, Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA, Kostrikina NA, Osipov GA, Rainey FA. Desulfonatronum lacustre gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium utilizing ethanol. Mikrobiologiya 1998; 67:123-131.
  • 😷 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 7 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: Desulfonatronum Pikuta et al. 1998

Assigned by: Pikuta EV, Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA, Kostrikina NA, Osipov GA, Rainey FA. Desulfonatronum lacustre gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new alkaliphilic sulfate-reducing bacterium utilizing ethanol. Mikrobiologiya 1998; 67:123-131.

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