Name: Desulfoplanes formicivorans Watanabe et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mi.ci.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. acidum formicum, formic acid; L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. part. adj. formicivorans, eating formic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 28890; NBRC 110391; Pf12B

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC017841 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfoplanes formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a blackish meromictic lake, and emended description of the family Desulfomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1902-1907.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfoplanes Watanabe et al. 2015. Publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfoplanes formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a blackish meromictic lake, and emended description of the family Desulfomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1902-1907.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desulfoplanes Watanabe et al. 2015

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfoplanes formicivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a blackish meromictic lake, and emended description of the family Desulfomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1902-1907.

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