Name: Desulfurococcus mobilis Zillig and Stetter 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35582; DSM 2161; JCM 9186

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16S rRNA gene: M36474 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Prangishvilli D, Schäfer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:304-317.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Perevalova et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Desulfurococcus mucosus Zillig and Stetter 1983. 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 mobilis 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 authority of the taxon name (Zillig and Stetter) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Zillig 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 32 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfurococcus Zillig and Stetter 1983

Assigned by: Zillig W, Stetter KO, Prangishvilli D, Schäfer W, Wunderl S, Janekovic D, Holz I, Palm P. Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. 1982; C3:304-317.

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Record number: 775727