Name: Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii Nazina et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kuz.net.so’vi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kuznetsovii, of Kuznetsov, named in honor of the leading Soviet microbiologist S.I. Kuznetsov who has made a significant contribution to the study of geochemical activity of micro-organisms

Pronunciation, gender: kuz-net-SO-wi-i, neuter

Type strain: 17; DSM 6115; VKM B-1805

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y11569 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nazina TN, Ivanova AE, Kanchaveli LP, Rozanova EP. Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii sp. nov., a new spore-forming thermophilic methylotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:823-827.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 35. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:470-471.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii (Nazina et al. 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii (Nazina et al. 1990) Watanabe et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii 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 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 11 times 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.
  • 🧍 See also Visser et al. (2013). Publication: Visser M, Worm P, Muyzer G, Pereira IA, Schaap PJ, Plugge CM, Kuever J, Parshina SN, Nazina TN, Ivanova AE, et al. Genome analysis of Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii strain 17^T reveals a physiological similarity with Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum strain SI^T. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:69-87.

Parent taxon: Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nazina TN, Ivanova AE, Kanchaveli LP, Rozanova EP. Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii sp. nov., a new spore-forming thermophilic methylotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:823-827.

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