Desulfurispirillum

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Desulfurispirillum

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Desulfurispirillum Sorokin et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. dim. neut. n. spirillum, a small spiral (from L. n. spira, spiral); N.L. neut. n. Desulfurispirillum, a spirillum that reduces elemental sulfur.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 131. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1-2. [SOROKIN (D.Y.), FOTI (M.), TINDALL (B.J.) and MUYZER (G.): Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic sulfur- and dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium from a full-scale sulfide-removing bioreactor. Extremophiles, 2007, 11, 363-370.]
Validation List N° 131 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SR 1 = DSM 18274 = JCM 15827 = UNIQEM U250.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ666683.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. alkaliphilum, loving alkaline conditions.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 131. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1-2. [SOROKIN (D.Y.), FOTI (M.), TINDALL (B.J.) and MUYZER (G.): Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic sulfur- and dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium from a full-scale sulfide-removing bioreactor. Extremophiles, 2007, 11, 363-370.]
Validation List N° 131 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: The accession number JCM 15827 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. In the abstract, the strain SR 1 is erroneously cited as SR, and the strain DSM 18274 is erroneously cited as DSM 18275.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: VALIDATION LIST N° 131 (footnote ‡). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1-2.
Validation List N° 131 in IJSEM Online

Desulfurispirillum indicum Rauschenbach et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain S5 = ATCC BAA-1389 = DSM 22839.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ991965.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. indicum, of India, Indian.
Reference: RAUSCHENBACH (I.), NARASINGARAO (P.) and HÄGGBLOM (M.M.): Desulfurispirillum indicum sp. nov., a selenate- and selenite-respiring bacterium isolated from an estuarine canal. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 654-658.
Original article in IJSEM Online