Name: Desulfurococcus fermentans Perevalova et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’tans. L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16532; JCM 13383; VKM V-2316; Z-1312

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Valid publication: Perevalova AA, Svetlichny VA, Kublanov IV, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurococcus fermentans sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon from a Kamchatka hot spring, and emended description of the genus Desulfurococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:995-999.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Desulfurococcus kamchatkensis Kublanov et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Perevalova et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Desulfurococcus amylolyticus Bonch-Osmolovskaya et al. 2001. 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.
  • ❗ Desulfurococcus fermentans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Desulfurococcus.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Perevalova AA, Svetlichny VA, Kublanov IV, Chernyh NA, Kostrikina NA, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Desulfurococcus fermentans sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon from a Kamchatka hot spring, and emended description of the genus Desulfurococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:995-999.

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