Name: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus subsp. thermosyntrophicus (Plugge et al. 2002) Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermosyntrophicum Plugge et al. 2002

Etymology: ther.mo.syn.tro’phi.cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. prep. syn, together; Gr. inf. v. trephein, to eat; N.L. masc. adj. thermosyntrophicus, referring to the capacity of the organism to grow at elevated temperatures in the presence of a partner organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-281; DSM 14055; TPO

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16S rRNA gene: AY007190 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Desulfotomaculum thermobenzoicum subsp. thermosyntrophicum Plugge et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Desulfofundulus thermobenzoicus (Tasaki et al. 1991) Watanabe et al. 2018

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

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Record number: 798410