Name: Desulforapulum autotrophicum (Brysch et al. 1988) Galushko and Kuever 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfobacterium autotrophicum Brysch et al. 1988

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.cum. Gr. masc. pron. autos, self; N.L. neut. adj. trophicum, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. neut. adj. trophikon, nursing, tending; N.L. neut. adj. autotrophicum, nourishing itself from inorganic compounds

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43914; DSM 3382; HRM2; VKM B-1955

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF418177 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulforapulum gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-4.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfobacterium autotrophicum Brysch et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulforapulum Galushko and Kuever 2021. Publication: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulforapulum gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-4.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulforapulum Galushko and Kuever 2021

Assigned by: Galushko A, Kuever J. Desulforapulum gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-4.

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Record number: 24785