Desulfofustis

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

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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").

Desulfofustis Friedrich et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfofustis glycolicus Friedrich et al. 1996.
Etymology: L. pref. de-, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing procaryote); L. masc. n. fustis, club; N.L. masc. n. Desulfofustis, a club-shaped sulfate reducer.
Reference: FRIEDRICH (M.), SPRINGER (N.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Phylogenetic positions of Desulfofustis glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Syntrophobotulus glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., two new strict anaerobes growing with glycolic acid. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1065-1069.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Desulfofustis glycolicus Friedrich et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X99707.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain PerGlyS = ATCC 700454 = DSM 9705.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum glycolicum, glycolic acid; L. masc. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. glycolicus, referring to glycolic acid as the key substrate of this species.
Reference: FRIEDRICH (M.), SPRINGER (N.), LUDWIG (W.) and SCHINK (B.): Phylogenetic positions of Desulfofustis glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Syntrophobotulus glycolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., two new strict anaerobes growing with glycolic acid. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 1065-1069.
Original article in IJSEM Online