Name: Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, starch degrading

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: de-sul-fu-ro-KOK-kus a-my-lo-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 3822; JCM 9188; Z-533

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB661712 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slesarev AI, Miroshnichenko ML, Svetlichnayá TP, Alekseev VA. Characteristics of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus n. sp. - a new extremely thermophilic archaebacterium isolated from thermal springs of Kamchatka and Kunashir Island. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:94-101. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 82. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1619-1620.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfurococcus fermentans Perevalova et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis Kublanov et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Perevalova et al. 2016 Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Bidzhieva SKh, Mukhopadhyay B, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Lebedinsky AV. Reclassification of Desulfurococcus mobilis as a synonym of Desulfurococcus mucosus, Desulfurococcus fermentans and Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis as synonyms of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus, and emendation of the D. mucosus and D. amylolyticus species descriptions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:514-517. 🇷🇺 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by 2 proposals regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Perevalova et al. (2016), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfurococcus fermentans Perevalova et al. 2005. Publication: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Bidzhieva SKh, Mukhopadhyay B, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Lebedinsky AV. Reclassification of Desulfurococcus mobilis as a synonym of Desulfurococcus mucosus, Desulfurococcus fermentans and Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis as synonyms of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus, and emendation of the D. mucosus and D. amylolyticus species descriptions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:514-517. 🇷🇺
  • ⏰ According to Perevalova et al. (2016), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis Kublanov et al. 2009. Publication: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Bidzhieva SKh, Mukhopadhyay B, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Lebedinsky AV. Reclassification of Desulfurococcus mobilis as a synonym of Desulfurococcus mucosus, Desulfurococcus fermentans and Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis as synonyms of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus, and emendation of the D. mucosus and D. amylolyticus species descriptions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:514-517. 🇷🇺
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 23 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slesarev AI, Miroshnichenko ML, Svetlichnayá TP, Alekseev VA. Characteristics of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus n. sp. - a new extremely thermophilic archaebacterium isolated from thermal springs of Kamchatka and Kunashir Island. Mikrobiologiya 1988; 57:94-101. 🇷🇺

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