Name: Desulfurella kamchatkensis Miroshnichenko 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kam.chat.ken’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kamchatkensis, originating from Kamchatka

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kam-k^hat-KEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700655; DSM 10409; K-119

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: Y16941 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:475-479. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Miroshnichenko) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Miroshnichenko et al.).
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Miroshnichenko et al. Desulfurella kamchatkensis is cited as Desulfurella kamchatkensis Miroshnichenko 1996! Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Miroshnichenko 1998 in Miroshnichenko, Rainey, Hippe, Chernyh, Kostrikina and Bonch-Osmolovskaya 1998.

Parent taxon: Desulfurella Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 1993

Assigned by: Miroshnichenko ML, Rainey FA, Hippe H, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurella kamchatkensis sp. nov. and desulfurella propionica sp. nov., new sulfur-respiring thermophilic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal environments. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:475-479. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 775719