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

Gender: 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

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:
  • ❗ 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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