Name: Dethiosulfatarculus sandiegensis Davidova et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: san.di.eg.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. sandiegensis, pertaining to San Diego Bay [probably better: sandiegonensis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 100305; JCM 30857; SPR

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP868755 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Davidova IA, Wawrik B, Callaghan AV, Duncan K, Marks CR, Suflita JM. Dethiosulfatarculus sandiegensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic paraffin-degrading enrichment culture and emended description of the family Desulfarculaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1242-1248.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dethiosulfatarculus Davidova et al. 2016. Publication: Davidova IA, Wawrik B, Callaghan AV, Duncan K, Marks CR, Suflita JM. Dethiosulfatarculus sandiegensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic paraffin-degrading enrichment culture and emended description of the family Desulfarculaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1242-1248.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Dethiosulfatarculus Davidova et al. 2016

Assigned by: Davidova IA, Wawrik B, Callaghan AV, Duncan K, Marks CR, Suflita JM. Dethiosulfatarculus sandiegensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic paraffin-degrading enrichment culture and emended description of the family Desulfarculaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1242-1248.

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Record number: 793953