Name: Desulfoscipio gibsoniae (Kuever et al. 1999) Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae Kuever et al. 1999

Etymology: gib.so’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. gibsoniae, of Gibson, named after Jane Gibson, a British-American microbiologist and biochemist, who made important contributions to the field of anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 7213; Groll; NBRC 112754

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ294431 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfoscipio gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfallas gibsoniae (Kuever et al. 1999) Watanabe et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae Kuever et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02754 (N = 15).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfoscipio Watanabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfoscipio gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5.

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Record number: 17701