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

Gender: neuter

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

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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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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