Name: Dechlorosoma Achenbach et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.chlo.ro.so’ma. L. prep. de, from; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green (chlorine); Gr. neut. n. sôma, body; N.L. neut. n. Dechlorosoma, dechlorinating body

Gender: neuter (stem: Dechlorosomat-)

Type species: Dechlorosoma suillum corrig. Achenbach et al. 2001

Valid publication: Achenbach LA, Michaelidou U, Bruce RA, Fryman J, Coates JD. Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:527-533.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Azospira Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Azospira Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Azospira Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000. Publication: Reinhold-Hurek B, Hurek T. Reassessment of the taxonomic structure of the diazotrophic genus Azoarcus sensu lato and description of three new genera and new species, Azovibrio restrictus gen. nov., sp. nov., Azospira oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Azonexus fungiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:649-659.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Dechloromonas Achenbach et al. 2001. Publication: Achenbach LA, Michaelidou U, Bruce RA, Fryman J, Coates JD. Dechloromonas agitata gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dechlorosoma suillum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel environmentally dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria and their phylogenetic position. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:527-533.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dechalosoma".
  • ❗ Dechlorosoma is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00859 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dechlorosoma suillum corrig. Achenbach et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.

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