Name: Desulfotruncus arcticus (Vandieken et al. 2006) Watanabe et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum arcticum Vandieken et al. 2006

Etymology: arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, from the Arctic, referring to the place where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 15; DSM 17038; JCM 12923

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ148942 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfotruncus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 197. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfotomaculum arcticum Vandieken et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfallas arcticus (Vandieken et al. 2006) Watanabe et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfotruncus Watanabe et al. 2021. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfotruncus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfotruncus Watanabe et al. 2021

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfotruncus gen. nov. In: Anonymous NN (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-5.

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Record number: 17699