Desulfurispira

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

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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").

Desulfurispira Sorokin and Muyzer 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desulfurispira natronophila Sorokin and Muyzer 2010.
Etymology: L. pref. de-, from; L. n. sulfur, sulfur; L. fem. n. spira, a coil; N.L. fem. n. Desulfurispira, a sulfur-reducing spirillum.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 136. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2509-2510 [SOROKIN (D.Y.) and MUYZER (G.): Desulfurispira natronophila gen. nov. sp. nov.: an obligately anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur-reducing bacterium from soda lakes. Extremophiles, 2010, 14, 349-355.]
Validation List N° 136 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Desulfurispira natronophila Sorokin and Muyzer 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain AHT11 = DSM 22071 = UNIQEM U758.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ922842.
Etymology: N.L. n. natron (arbitrarily derived from the Arabaic noun natron or natrun), soda; N.L. pref. natrono-, pertaining to soda; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. natronophila, soda-loving.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 136. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2509-2510 [SOROKIN (D.Y.) and MUYZER (G.): Desulfurispira natronophila gen. nov. sp. nov.: an obligately anaerobic dissimilatory sulfur-reducing bacterium from soda lakes. Extremophiles, 2010, 14, 349-355.]
Validation List N° 136 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online