Name: Desulfocurvibacter africanus subsp. uniflagellum (Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010) Spring et al. 2019

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010

Etymology: u.ni.fla.gel’lum. L. masc. adj. unus, only one, one; L. neut. n. flagellum, whip; N.L. neut. n. uniflagellum, the only one whip (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … u-ni-fla-GEL-lum, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23860; JCM 15510; KCTC 5649; SR-1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU659693 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfovibrio africanus subsp. uniflagellum Castañeda-Carrión et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Desulfocurvibacter africanus (Campbell et al. 1966) Spring et al. 2019

Assigned by: Spring S, Sorokin DY, Verbarg S, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria That Produce Exopolymers Thrive in the Calcifying Zone of a Hypersaline Cyanobacterial Mat. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:862. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 801361