Name: Desulfurella acetivorans Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ce.ti’vo.rans. L. neut. n. acetum, vinegar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. fem. part. adj. acetivorans, vinegar-eating, intended to mean acetate-eating

Pronunciation, gender: a-ke-TI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51451; DSM 5264

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X72768 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Sokolova TG, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Desulfurella acetivorans gen. nov. and sp. nov.—a new thermophilic sulfur-reducing eubacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:151-155.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 46. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:624-625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Miroshnichenko et al. 1994 Miroshnichenko ML, Gongazde GA, Lysenko AM, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella multipotens sp. nov., a new sulfur-respiring thermophilic eubacterium from Raoul Island (Kermadec archipelago, New Zealand). Arch. Microbiol. 1994; 161:88-93.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993. Publication: Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Sokolova TG, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Desulfurella acetivorans gen. nov. and sp. nov.—a new thermophilic sulfur-reducing eubacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:151-155.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Assigned by: Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Sokolova TG, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Desulfurella acetivorans gen. nov. and sp. nov.—a new thermophilic sulfur-reducing eubacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1990; 153:151-155.

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