Name: "Maridesulfovibrio zosterae" (Nielsen et al. 1999) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio zosterae Nielsen et al. 1999

Etymology: zos’te.rae. N.L. fem. n. Zostera, a scientific generic name; N.L. gen. fem. n. zosterae, of Zostera, denoting that the bacterium was isolated from the plant Zostera marina

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 11974; lac

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16S rRNA gene: Y18049 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Desulfovibrio zosterae Nielsen et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio zosterae Nielsen et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Regarded as not validly published. Publication: Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.

Parent taxon: Maridesulfovibrio Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 17535