Name: Desulfosalsimonas propionicica Kjeldsen et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.pi.o.ni.ci’ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum propionicum, propionic acid; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. propionicica, belonging to propionic acid

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17721; PropA; VKM B-2385

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ067422 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kjeldsen KU, Jakobsen TF, Glastrup J, Ingvorsen K. Desulfosalsimonas propionicica gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, sulfate-reducing member of the family Desulfobacteraceae isolated from a salt-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1060-1065.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfosalsimonas Kjeldsen et al. 2010. Publication: Kjeldsen KU, Jakobsen TF, Glastrup J, Ingvorsen K. Desulfosalsimonas propionicica gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, sulfate-reducing member of the family Desulfobacteraceae isolated from a salt-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1060-1065.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfosalsimonas Kjeldsen et al. 2010

Assigned by: Kjeldsen KU, Jakobsen TF, Glastrup J, Ingvorsen K. Desulfosalsimonas propionicica gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, sulfate-reducing member of the family Desulfobacteraceae isolated from a salt-lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1060-1065.

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Record number: 788521