Etymology:
De.sul.fos.po.ro.si.nus. L. prep.de, from; L. neut. n.sulfur, sulfur (S); from Gr. fem. n.spora, a seed; L. masc. n.sinus, bend (also as genitive); N.L. masc. n.Desulfosporosinus, a spore-forming curved (organism) that reduces sulfur compounds
Valid publication:
Stackebrandt E, Sproer C, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Pauker O, Hippe H. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Desulfotomaculum: evidence for the misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1134-1139.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Robertson et al. 2001
Robertson WJ, Bowman JP, Franzmann PD, Mee BJ. Desulfosporosinus meridiei sp. nov., a spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from gasolene-contaminated groundwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:133-140.
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:269. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Stackebrandt et al. 2003
Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Schuler E, Hippe H. Reclassification of Desulfotomaculum auripigmentum as Desulfosporosinus auripigmenti corrig., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1439-1443.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Vatsurina et al. 2008
Vatsurina A, Badrutdinova D, Schumann P, Spring S, Vainshtein M. Desulfosporosinus hippei sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1228-1232.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🧕 Watanabe et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Desulfotomaculum intricatum sp. nov., a sulfate reducer isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3574-3578.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Campbell LL, Postgate JR. Classification of the spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1965; 29:359-363.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulfosporinus"; "Desulfosporosi"; "Desulfotosporosinus".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 13; JCM: 6; ATCC: 5; VKM: 3; NCIMB: 2.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12 Total number of child taxa: 15
Assigned by:
Stackebrandt E. The emended family Peptococcaceae and description of the families Desulfitobacteriaceae, Desulfotomaculaceae, and Thermincolaceae. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stacke- brandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes., Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014, p. 286-290.
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