Desulfallas Watanabe et al. 2018
General information
Name
Desulfallas
Valid publication
2018
Lineage
Root.
Bacteria.
Firmicutes.
Clostridia.
Clostridiales.
Peptococcaceae.
Desulfallas
Nomenclature type
Desulfallas sapomandens
Etymology
L. pref. <i>de</i> from; L. n. <i>sulfur</i>, sulfur; Gr. masc. n. <i>allas</i>, sausage; N.L. masc. n. <i>Desulfallas</i> sulfate-reducing sausage.
Description and emendation
Original Description
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Cells are spore-forming rods and strictly anaerobic. Thermophilic or moderately thermophilic. Sulfate and thiosulfate serve as electron acceptors, but nitrate is not used.
Subdivision(s)
MID | Name | Rank | Taxon ID |
---|---|---|---|
M021702011116002 | Desulfallas alcoholivorax | Species | 265477 |
M021702011116003 | Desulfallas arcticus | Species | 341036 |
M021702011116004 | Desulfallas geothermicus | Species | 39060 |
M021702011116005 | Desulfallas gibsoniae | Species | 102134 |
M021702011116001 | Desulfallas sapomandens | Species | 102170 |
M021702011116006 | Desulfallas thermosapovorans | Species | 58137 |
References
1
Cord-Ruwisch, R., and Garcia, J.L. Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic benzoate-degrading spore-forming sulfate-reducing bacterium, Desulfotomaculum sapomandens sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1985) 29:325-330.[DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb00884.x]
2
Validation List No. 32. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1990) 40:105-106.[DOI:10.1099/00207713-40-1-105]
3
Watanabe, M., Kojima, H., and Fukui, M. Review of Desulfotomaculum species and proposal of the genera Desulfallas gen. nov., Desulfofundulus gen. nov., Desulfofarcimen gen. nov. and Desulfohalotomaculum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2018) 2891-2899.[DOI:10.1099/ijsem.0.002915]
[PMID:30028279]