Name: Pontiella desulfatans van Vliet et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.sul’fa.tans. L. prep. de, off; N.L. masc. n. sulfas (gen. sulfatis), sulfate; N.L. fem. part. adj. desulfatans, removing sulfate, referring to sulfate ester substitutions in polysaccharides

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … de-SUL-fa-tans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 106878; F1; KCTC 15641

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16S rRNA gene: LS482847 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: van Vliet DM, Lin Y, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Villanueva L, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. Pontiella desulfatans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Pontiella sulfatireligans sp. nov., Two Marine Anaerobes of the Pontiellaceae fam. nov. Producing Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan-like Exopolymers. Microorganisms 2020; 8:0. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pontiella van Vliet et al. 2020. Publication: van Vliet DM, Lin Y, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Villanueva L, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. Pontiella desulfatans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Pontiella sulfatireligans sp. nov., Two Marine Anaerobes of the Pontiellaceae fam. nov. Producing Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan-like Exopolymers. Microorganisms 2020; 8:0. 🇳🇱
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pontiella van Vliet et al. 2020

Assigned by: van Vliet DM, Lin Y, Bale NJ, Koenen M, Villanueva L, Stams AJM, Sanchez-Andrea I. Pontiella desulfatans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Pontiella sulfatireligans sp. nov., Two Marine Anaerobes of the Pontiellaceae fam. nov. Producing Sulfated Glycosaminoglycan-like Exopolymers. Microorganisms 2020; 8:0. 🇳🇱

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