Name: Desulfonema limicola Widdel 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. limus, mud; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. limicola, mud-dweller (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 5ac10; ATCC 33961; DSM 2076; "Jadebusen"

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U45990 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfonema Widdel 1981. Publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfonema Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.

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Record number: 775598