Name: Desulfosarcina Widdel 1981
Etymology: L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote) (in compound words); L. fem. n. sarcina, a package, bundle, and also a generic name (Sarcina); N.L. fem. n. Desulfosarcina, sarcina-shaped sulfate reducer
Gender: feminine (stem: Desulfosarcin-)
Type species: Desulfosarcina variabilis Widdel 1981
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Widdel F. Anaerober Abbau von Fettsäuren und Benzoesäure durch neu isolierte Arten Sulfat-reduzierender Bakterien. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, Lindhorst/Schaumburg-Lippe, Göttingen, 1980.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Desulfosarcina alkanivorans Watanabe et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfosarcina cetonica corrig. (Galushko and Rozanova 1994) Kuever et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfosarcina cetonicum (Galushko and Rozanova 1994) Kuever et al. 2006 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
"Desulfosarcina ovata" Brenner et al. 2005 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Desulfosarcina ovata Kuever et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfosarcina variabilis Widdel 1981 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Desulfosarcina widdelii Watanabe et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Desulfobacteraceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by: Kuever J, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Family I. Desulfobacteraceae 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. 959-960.
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Record number: 517025