Desulfocurvus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Desulfocurvus Klouche et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfocurvus vexinensis Klouche et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. pref. de, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating, used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote; L. adj. curvus, curved; N.L. masc. n. Desulfocurvus, a curved sulfate-reducing bacterium.
Reference: KLOUCHE (N.), BASSO (O.), LASCOURREGES (J.F.), CAYOL (J.L.), THOMAS (P.), FAUQUE (G.), FARDEAU (M.L.) and MAGOT (M.): Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3100-3104.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Desulfocurvus vexinensis Klouche et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain VNs36 = AS36 = DSM 17965 = JCM 14038.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ841177.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. vexinensis, pertaining to the geographical origin of the isolate, the Vexin, an area of the Paris Basin, France.
Reference: KLOUCHE (N.), BASSO (O.), LASCOURREGES (J.F.), CAYOL (J.L.), THOMAS (P.), FAUQUE (G.), FARDEAU (M.L.) and MAGOT (M.): Desulfocurvus vexinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3100-3104.
Original article in IJSEM Online