Name: Desulfotomaculum thermocisternum Nilsen et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.cis.ter’num. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; L. fem. n. cisterna, reservoir; N.L. neut. adj. thermocisternum, hot reservoir, referring to the original habitat of the organism

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-kis-TER-num, neuter

Type strain: DSM 10259; NBRC 112757; ST90

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16S rRNA gene: U33455 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nilsen RK, Torsvik T, Lien T. Desulfotomaculum thermocisternum sp. nov., a sulfate reducer isolated from a hot North Sea oil reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:397-402.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Desulfofundulus thermocisternus (Nilsen et al. 1996) Watanabe et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfofundulus thermocisternus (Nilsen et al. 1996) 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 thermocisternum 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 4 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.

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

Assigned by: Nilsen RK, Torsvik T, Lien T. Desulfotomaculum thermocisternum sp. nov., a sulfate reducer isolated from a hot North Sea oil reservoir. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:397-402.

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Record number: 775647