Name: Desulfotomaculum alcoholivorax Kaksonen et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.co.ho.li’vo.rax. N.L. neut. n. alcohol, alcohol; L. adj. vorax, voracious; N.L. neut. adj. alcoholivorax, alcohol-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-ko-ho-LI-wo-raks, neuter

Type strain: DSM 16058; JCM 14019; RE35E1

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16S rRNA gene: AY548778 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaksonen AH, Spring S, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Puhakka JA. Desulfotomaculum alcoholivorax sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, spore-forming, sulfate-reducer isolated from a fluidized-bed reactor treating acidic metal- and sulfate-containing wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:833-838. 🇫🇮

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Desulfotruncus alcoholivorax (Kaksonen et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfallas alcoholivorax (Kaksonen et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfotruncus alcoholivorax (Kaksonen et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfotomaculum alcoholivorax is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfotomaculum.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kaksonen AH, Spring S, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Puhakka JA. Desulfotomaculum alcoholivorax sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, spore-forming, sulfate-reducer isolated from a fluidized-bed reactor treating acidic metal- and sulfate-containing wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:833-838. 🇫🇮

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Record number: 787287