Name: Desulfohalotomaculum Watanabe et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.ha.lo.to.ma’cu.lum. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); Gr. masc. n. hals, the sea, salt; L. neut. n. tomaculum, sausage; N.L. neut. n. Desulfohalotomaculum, a sausage-shaped, salt-requiring, sulfate reducer

Gender: neuter (stem: Desulfohalotomacul-)

Type species: Desulfohalotomaculum halophilum (Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1998) Watanabe et al. 2018

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Desulfohalotomaculaceae" Watanabe et al. 2020. Publication: Watanabe M, Fukui M, Kuever J. Desulfofalx gen. nov. In: Anonymous N (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2020, p. 1-3.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Desulfotomaculum Campbell and Postgate 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tardy-Jacquenod C, Magot M, Patel BK, Matheron R, Caumette P. Desulfotomaculum halophilum sp. nov., a halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from oil production facilities. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:333-338.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Desulohalotomaculum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 2; ATCC: 2; KCTC: 1; VKM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfohalotomaculum alkaliphilum (Pikuta et al. 2000) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfohalotomaculum halophilum (Tardy-Jacquenod et al. 1998) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Desulfohalotomaculum peckii (Jabari et al. 2013) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Desulfohalotomaculum tongense (Cha et al. 2014) Watanabe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Peptococcaceae Rogosa 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2891-2899.

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Record number: 520398