Desulfocucumis Watanabe et al. 2017
General information
Name
Desulfocucumis
Valid publication
2017
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptococcaceae.
Desulfocucumis
Nomenclature type
Desulfocucumis palustris
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i> from; L. neut. n. <i>sulfur</i> sulfur; L. masc. n. <i>cucumis</i> cucumber; N.L. masc. n. <i>Desulfocucumis</i> a sulfate-reducing cucumber-shaped bacteria.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are spore-forming, strictly anaerobic and mesophilic. Sulfate serves as an electron acceptor. The respiratory quinone is MK-7. The genomic DNA G+C content of the type species is 46.6 mol% (HPLC).
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011106001 | Desulfocucumis palustris | Species | 1898651 |
References
1
Watanabe, M. Kojima, H., and Fukui, M. Desulfocucumis palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic sulfate reducer belonging to Desulfotomaculum subcluster Ig. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67(8):2679-2682.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.002005]
[PMID:28786781]