Name: Desulfosporosinus orientis (Campbell and Postgate 1965) Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum orientis Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: o.ri.en’tis. L. masc. n. oriens (gen. orientis), the East, the Orient; L. gen. masc. n. orientis, of the orient

Pronunciation, gender: o-ri-EN-tis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19365; DSM 765; NCIB 8382; NCIMB 8382; Singapore I; VKM B-1628

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11570 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Sproer C, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Pauker O, Hippe H. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Desulfotomaculum: evidence for the misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1134-1139.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfotomaculum orientis Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Sproer C, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Pauker O, Hippe H. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Desulfotomaculum: evidence for the misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1134-1139.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Desulfosporosinus Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Sproer C, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Pauker O, Hippe H. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Desulfotomaculum: evidence for the misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1134-1139.

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