Name: Desulfopila inferna Gittel et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fer’na. L. fem. adj. inferna, that which is, or comes from, below, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a subsurface sediment

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19738; JS_SRB250Lac; NBRC 103921

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM774321 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gittel A, Seidel M, Kuever J, Galushko AS, Cypionka H, Konneke M. Desulfopila inferna sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the subsurface of a tidal sand-flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1626-1630.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfopila Suzuki et al. 2007

Assigned by: Gittel A, Seidel M, Kuever J, Galushko AS, Cypionka H, Konneke M. Desulfopila inferna sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from the subsurface of a tidal sand-flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1626-1630.

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Record number: 788634