Name: "Trichloromonas chloroethenica" (Krumholz 1997) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfuromonas chloroethenica Krumholz 1997

Etymology: chlo.ro.e.the’ni.ca. N.L. neut. n. chloroethenum, chloroethene; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. chloroethenica, pertaining to chloroethene, as the organism utilizes such compounds as electron acceptors

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 700295; DSM 12431; TT4B

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16S rRNA gene: U49748 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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Desulfuromonas chloroethenica Krumholz 1997

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfuromonas chloroethenica Krumholz 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧍 Considered not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Parent taxon: "Trichloromonas" 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: 17496