Name: Desulfosporosinus lacus Ramamoorthy et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’cus. L. masc. n. lacus (gen. lacus), a lake; L. gen. masc. n. lacus, of a lake

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15449; JCM 12239; STP12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ582757 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ramamoorthy S, Sass H, Langner H, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Spring S, Overmann J, Rosenzweig RF. Desulfosporosinus lacus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from pristine freshwater lake sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2729-2736.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Ramamoorthy S, Sass H, Langner H, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Spring S, Overmann J, Rosenzweig RF. Desulfosporosinus lacus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from pristine freshwater lake sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2729-2736.

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Record number: 785764