Name: Desulforhopalus singaporensis Lie et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sin.ga.po.ren’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. singaporensis, pertaining to the place of isolation, Republic of Singapore

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 12130; S'pore T1; T1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF118453 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lie TJ, Clawson ML, Godchaux W, Leadbetter ER. Sulfidogenesis from 2-aminoethanesulfonate (taurine) fermentation by a morphologically unusual sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulforhopalus singaporensis sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:3328-3334.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 76. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1699-1700.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02818 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulforhopalus Isaksen and Teske 1999

Assigned by: Lie TJ, Clawson ML, Godchaux W, Leadbetter ER. Sulfidogenesis from 2-aminoethanesulfonate (taurine) fermentation by a morphologically unusual sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulforhopalus singaporensis sp. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999; 65:3328-3334.

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Record number: 775605