Name: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Spirillum desulfuricans" Beijerinck 1895
Etymology: de.sul.fu’ri.cans. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. part. adj. desulfuricans, reducing sulfur compounds; from N.L. v. desulfurico, to reduce sulfur
Type strain: Adams Essex 6; ATCC 29577; CCUG 34226; CIP 107039; DSM 642; LMG 7529; NCIB 8307; NCIMB 8307; VKM B-1799
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16S rRNA gene: AF192153 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Spirillum desulfuricans" Beijerinck 1895 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. desulfuricans (Beijerinck 1895) Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned) |
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans subsp. aestuarii Postgate and Campbell 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Desulfovibrio Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
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Record number: 775672