Name: Desulfovirgula Kaksonen et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.sul.fo.vir’gu.la. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); L. fem. dim. n. virgula, twig or rod; N.L. fem. dim. n. Desulfovirgula, a rod that reduces sulfur compounds

Gender: feminine (stem: Desulfovirgul-)

Type species: Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi Kaksonen et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kaksonen AH, Spring S, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Puhakka JA. Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic sulfate-reducer isolated from a geothermal underground mine in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:98-102.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Desulfovirgulaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Desulfovirgulaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03694 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 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: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi Kaksonen et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoanaerobacteraceae Wiegel 2010

Assigned by: Perevalova AA, Kublanov IV, Baslerov RV, Zhang G, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Brockia lithotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:479-483.

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