Name: Desulfotomaculum varum Ogg and Patel 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va’rum. L. neut. adj. varum, bent, crooked, pertaining to the slightly curved cell shape

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … WA-rum, neuter

Type strain: JCM 39194; KCTC 5794; RH04-3

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16S rRNA gene: GU126374 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Desulfotomaculum varum sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial mat colonizing a Great Artesian Basin bore well runoff channel. 3 Biotech 2011; 1:139-149. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Desulforamulus varus" (Ogg and Patel 2011) Watanabe et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Ogg CD, Patel BK. Desulfotomaculum varum sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial mat colonizing a Great Artesian Basin bore well runoff channel. 3 Biotech 2011; 1:139-149. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 789471