Name: Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum Tasaki et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.ben.zo’i.cum. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. neut. adj. benzoicum, pertaining to benzoate; N.L. neut. adj. thermobenzoicum, oxidizes benzoate under thermophilic conditions

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49756; DSM 6193; TSB

16S rRNA gene: AJ294430 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tasaki M, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:348-352.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 39. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:580-581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus (Tasaki et al. 1991) Watanabe et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus (Tasaki et al. 1991) Watanabe et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Plugge et al. 2002 Plugge CM, Balk M, Stams AJ. Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermosyntrophicum subsp. nov., a thermophilic, syntrophic, propionate-oxidizing, spore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:391-399. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

• Notes:
  • ❗ Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 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: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermobenzoicum (Tasaki et al. 1991) Plugge et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermosyntrophicum Plugge et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Tasaki M, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K, Mikami E. Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic benzoate-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:348-352.

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