Name: Desulfosoma profundi Grégoire et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun’di. L. gen. neut. n. profundi, of a depth, isolated from a deep hot aquifer in the Aquitaine basin-SW France

Pronunciation, gender: pro-FUN-di, neuter

Type strain: DSM 22937; JCM 16410; SPDX02-08

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM056226 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gregoire P, Fardeau ML, Guasco S, Lagiere J, Cambar J, Michotey V, Bonin P, Ollivier B. Desulfosoma profundi sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep terrestrial geothermal spring in France. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:595-602.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Desulfosoma Baena et al. 2011

Assigned by: Gregoire P, Fardeau ML, Guasco S, Lagiere J, Cambar J, Michotey V, Bonin P, Ollivier B. Desulfosoma profundi sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep terrestrial geothermal spring in France. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:595-602.

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Record number: 790238