Name: "Desulfosarcina ovata" Brenner et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.va’ta. L. fem. part. adj. ovata, egg-shaped

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 13228; JCM 12297; oXyS1

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16S rRNA gene: Y17286 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Aquaspirillum Hylemon, Wells, Krieg and Jannasch 1973b, 361AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 801-823.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Desulfosarcina ovata Kuever et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfosarcina ovata Kuever et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Pot B, Gillis M. Genus III. Aquaspirillum Hylemon, Wells, Krieg and Jannasch 1973b, 361AL. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria) part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 801-823.

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Record number: 33641