Name: Desulfuromusa Liesack and Finster 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fu.ro.mu’sa. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. fem. n. musa, banana; N.L. fem. n. Desulfuromusa, a banana-shaped bacterium that reduces sulfur

Gender: feminine (stem: Desulfuromus-)

Type species: Desulfuromusa kysingii Liesack and Finster 1994

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liesack W, Finster K. Phylogenetic analysis of five strains of gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, sulfur-reducing bacteria and description of Desulfuromusa gen. nov., including Desulfuromusa kysingii sp. nov., Desulfuromusa bakii sp. nov., and Desulfuromusa succinoxidans sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:753-758.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785.

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Record number: 515517
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