Name: Desulfotomaculum nigrificans (Werkman and Weaver 1927) Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Clostridium nigrificans" Werkman and Weaver 1927

Etymology: nig.rif’i.cans. L. part. adj. nigrificans, making black, blackening

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19998; DSM 574; IFO 13698; NBRC 13698; NCIB 8395; NCIMB 8395

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X62176 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Clostridium nigrificans" Werkman and Weaver 1927	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans Parshina et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Visser et al. 2014 Visser M, Parshina SN, Alves JI, Sousa DZ, Pereira IA, Muyzer G, Kuever J, Lebedinsky AV, Koehorst JJ, Worm P, et al. Genome analyses of the carboxydotrophic sulfate-reducers Desulfotomaculum nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans and reclassification of Desulfotomaculum caboxydivorans as a later synonym of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:655-675. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.
  • ⏰ According to Visser et al. (2014), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans Parshina et al. 2005. Publication: Visser M, Parshina SN, Alves JI, Sousa DZ, Pereira IA, Muyzer G, Kuever J, Lebedinsky AV, Koehorst JJ, Worm P, et al. Genome analyses of the carboxydotrophic sulfate-reducers Desulfotomaculum nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans and reclassification of Desulfotomaculum caboxydivorans as a later synonym of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:655-675.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 40 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Desulfotomaculum nigrificans subsp. salinus" Nazina and Rozanova 1978	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

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

Assigned by: Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.

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Record number: 775637